St. Bonaventure Head Coach Quotes
Syracuse Men’s Basketball
Syracuse vs. St. Bonaventure
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
St. Bonaventure Head Coach, Mark Schmidt
Opening Statement:
“I thought in the first half we did what we wanted to do, both offensively and defensively. We did a good job on the backboard and took care of the ball for the most part. I thought in the second half, Syracuse exposed us a bit defensively. They started doing a bit of a three-out, two-in, putting the big guys in no-man’s land and took us off the dribble. I thought we turned the ball over.
“Even in the first half we had opportunities to push the lead out more. We had some break opportunities that we screwed up. But I thought our effort was, for the most part, what we wanted. If you have 24 offensive rebounds, you’re doing something right, which we did. We outrebounded them by 10, and that’s the goal that we wanted. If I’m not mistaken, one of my assistant coaches said that we had five clean stops in the second half. You can’t beat a team like Syracuse doing that. And our offense wasn’t as effective in the second half, but I thought we lost the game between the 10- and five-minute mark by getting taken off the bounce. The effort was good and if we continue to have that effort, we have a chance to be pretty good.”
What was the difference in that five-minute stretch?
“Syracuse played better. Defensively, they did a better job going out on our shooters. We didn’t get a lot of easy baskets. We had some opportunities in the second half, some offensive rebounding, that we didn’t get – some offensive put-backs that hurt us. But Syracuse played better in the second half and that’s why they won.”
What was it like to attack the 2-3 zone?
“It’s unique. It’s not a 2-3, it’s more of a 2-2-1, and they get way out on the wings. You need to get the ball into the circle. I think we did a good job, especially in the first half. We didn’t do as good of a job in the second half. And you need to get into the slot. We did that at times, and at times they took that stuff away.”
Syracuse vs. St. Bonaventure
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
St. Bonaventure Head Coach, Mark Schmidt
Opening Statement:
“I thought in the first half we did what we wanted to do, both offensively and defensively. We did a good job on the backboard and took care of the ball for the most part. I thought in the second half, Syracuse exposed us a bit defensively. They started doing a bit of a three-out, two-in, putting the big guys in no-man’s land and took us off the dribble. I thought we turned the ball over.
“Even in the first half we had opportunities to push the lead out more. We had some break opportunities that we screwed up. But I thought our effort was, for the most part, what we wanted. If you have 24 offensive rebounds, you’re doing something right, which we did. We outrebounded them by 10, and that’s the goal that we wanted. If I’m not mistaken, one of my assistant coaches said that we had five clean stops in the second half. You can’t beat a team like Syracuse doing that. And our offense wasn’t as effective in the second half, but I thought we lost the game between the 10- and five-minute mark by getting taken off the bounce. The effort was good and if we continue to have that effort, we have a chance to be pretty good.”
What was the difference in that five-minute stretch?
“Syracuse played better. Defensively, they did a better job going out on our shooters. We didn’t get a lot of easy baskets. We had some opportunities in the second half, some offensive rebounding, that we didn’t get – some offensive put-backs that hurt us. But Syracuse played better in the second half and that’s why they won.”
What was it like to attack the 2-3 zone?
“It’s unique. It’s not a 2-3, it’s more of a 2-2-1, and they get way out on the wings. You need to get the ball into the circle. I think we did a good job, especially in the first half. We didn’t do as good of a job in the second half. And you need to get into the slot. We did that at times, and at times they took that stuff away.”
