Syracuse vs. Connecticut Coach Boeheim Quotes
February 25, 2012
Connecticut vs. Syracuse
Syracuse Head Coach Jim Boeheim
"I thought, in the first half, we played as well offensively as we’ve played in a long time. We had a lot of different options. We were moving the ball, we were pushing it – partly because we did a better job on the boards.
Second half, we didn’t do a good job on the boards, and we couldn’t get out as much. We didn’t force any turnovers. I thought they did a great job taking care of the ball. They were patient. We need a couple more turnovers in those situations to get us going.
The end of the game, we tried to get penetration and get on the offensive glass. And we were able to get that a couple of times at the end.
This team has been in seven, eight games like this this year. It’s not like we haven’t been in them….And they find a way to make a play at the end of the game – whether it’s a defensive play at Louisville, or offensive plays, tip in, drive – they’ve found a way all year long to make something good happen. We’re not dominating by any stretch of the imagination. At times we can be that dominant team, like we were in the first half.
We had to keep scoring because they were scoring. We made four or five great plays at the end of this game."
On the last play
"We just didn’t want them to have a three. We wanted them to go inside and take our chances with what would happen in there. We just didn’t want to let them have a three. Dion did a nice job on the first one. And then everybody did a good job getting out there and forcing them to get the ball inside. We made a good play there."
On Joseph
"I thought Kris was tremendous tonight."
On rebounding
"I thought we had an outstanding first half. Second half, we struggled a little bit. When we outrebound somebody, that’s unusual. Highly."
On Drummond
"He’s physical down low. We wanted to foul him, but we couldn’t get to him to foul him. We just couldn’t get to him. Around the basket he’s tough. He made a couple nice blocks."
On first win at Gampel
"I don’t think too much about those things."
Connecticut vs. Syracuse
Syracuse Head Coach Jim Boeheim
"I thought, in the first half, we played as well offensively as we’ve played in a long time. We had a lot of different options. We were moving the ball, we were pushing it – partly because we did a better job on the boards.
Second half, we didn’t do a good job on the boards, and we couldn’t get out as much. We didn’t force any turnovers. I thought they did a great job taking care of the ball. They were patient. We need a couple more turnovers in those situations to get us going.
The end of the game, we tried to get penetration and get on the offensive glass. And we were able to get that a couple of times at the end.
This team has been in seven, eight games like this this year. It’s not like we haven’t been in them….And they find a way to make a play at the end of the game – whether it’s a defensive play at Louisville, or offensive plays, tip in, drive – they’ve found a way all year long to make something good happen. We’re not dominating by any stretch of the imagination. At times we can be that dominant team, like we were in the first half.
We had to keep scoring because they were scoring. We made four or five great plays at the end of this game."
On the last play
"We just didn’t want them to have a three. We wanted them to go inside and take our chances with what would happen in there. We just didn’t want to let them have a three. Dion did a nice job on the first one. And then everybody did a good job getting out there and forcing them to get the ball inside. We made a good play there."
On Joseph
"I thought Kris was tremendous tonight."
On rebounding
"I thought we had an outstanding first half. Second half, we struggled a little bit. When we outrebound somebody, that’s unusual. Highly."
On Drummond
"He’s physical down low. We wanted to foul him, but we couldn’t get to him to foul him. We just couldn’t get to him. Around the basket he’s tough. He made a couple nice blocks."
On first win at Gampel
"I don’t think too much about those things."
