Coach Boeheim, Michael Gbinije Quotes
ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Jim Boeheim
Michael Gbinije
Coach Boeheim Opening Statement:
"I thought we made a great comeback. Then we got ourselves in a big hole. These guys, like they have done all year, made an incredible comeback.
I should have taken Frank Howard out of the game, but I just thought that he had been playing well. I should have taken him out and put Trevor back in. It was my mistake. I let Mike have the ball when we had the tied game.
Just one of those things. Sometimes you think you can get by with it. I thought he played so well and had gotten us into good position, but I should have made that change right then.
We gave them a couple buckets. Mike made a big shot. We wanted to drive the ball at the end. I thought we wanted to get to Mike. We figured they would double-team him. We had something set up, but somebody didn't get into the position they were supposed to.
I thought Trevor made the best of that situation. I would have liked to have seen him go all the way. I don't think he thought he had quite enough time.
But it was a tremendous comeback. I can't say enough about our effort. When you're down 11 or 12 points with not that much time left on the clock, it was a huge effort in that last couple minutes."
You said you had something set up on that inbound play. What were you going to try to do?
"We wanted to get the ball to Mike and drive it. We couldn't get it to him."
Before you started pressing about four minutes left, what were they doing well offensively??
"They're a good team. I thought our defense was not bad. I thought our offense, we didn't drive the ball enough. We really didn't drive the ball until we got behind. We wanted to drive it more.
Malachi finally started to get to the basket. Frank got in the lane. I thought that's when we got it going. We wanted to do that earlier, but we just never got into that."
What did you think of how DaJuan played today?
"I thought he got a little bit better. He has to be more aggressive. He's still not where we need him to be."
It's so rare to see Trevor come out of the game. He only played 24 minutes today. What was going on on the floor that made Frank for most of the game a better option??
"I thought Frank did an unbelievable job. He got penetration. He got in the lane. He had five assists, got to the basket. He opened up their defense for other guys. They had to help. He hit people. They were able to drive.
He did a tremendous job. But I should have taken him out when we got to the tied spot there."
Graduate Student Michael Gbinije, Guard
What did it say about you guys that when you were down 14, you remained confident?
"We had a lot on the line. We just wanted to come out and compete. When we got down, we had some competitors. We got after a couple people, just tried to move forward and tried our best to win."
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Jim Boeheim
Michael Gbinije
Coach Boeheim Opening Statement:
"I thought we made a great comeback. Then we got ourselves in a big hole. These guys, like they have done all year, made an incredible comeback.
I should have taken Frank Howard out of the game, but I just thought that he had been playing well. I should have taken him out and put Trevor back in. It was my mistake. I let Mike have the ball when we had the tied game.
Just one of those things. Sometimes you think you can get by with it. I thought he played so well and had gotten us into good position, but I should have made that change right then.
We gave them a couple buckets. Mike made a big shot. We wanted to drive the ball at the end. I thought we wanted to get to Mike. We figured they would double-team him. We had something set up, but somebody didn't get into the position they were supposed to.
I thought Trevor made the best of that situation. I would have liked to have seen him go all the way. I don't think he thought he had quite enough time.
But it was a tremendous comeback. I can't say enough about our effort. When you're down 11 or 12 points with not that much time left on the clock, it was a huge effort in that last couple minutes."
You said you had something set up on that inbound play. What were you going to try to do?
"We wanted to get the ball to Mike and drive it. We couldn't get it to him."
Before you started pressing about four minutes left, what were they doing well offensively??
"They're a good team. I thought our defense was not bad. I thought our offense, we didn't drive the ball enough. We really didn't drive the ball until we got behind. We wanted to drive it more.
Malachi finally started to get to the basket. Frank got in the lane. I thought that's when we got it going. We wanted to do that earlier, but we just never got into that."
What did you think of how DaJuan played today?
"I thought he got a little bit better. He has to be more aggressive. He's still not where we need him to be."
It's so rare to see Trevor come out of the game. He only played 24 minutes today. What was going on on the floor that made Frank for most of the game a better option??
"I thought Frank did an unbelievable job. He got penetration. He got in the lane. He had five assists, got to the basket. He opened up their defense for other guys. They had to help. He hit people. They were able to drive.
He did a tremendous job. But I should have taken him out when we got to the tied spot there."
Graduate Student Michael Gbinije, Guard
What did it say about you guys that when you were down 14, you remained confident?
"We had a lot on the line. We just wanted to come out and compete. When we got down, we had some competitors. We got after a couple people, just tried to move forward and tried our best to win."
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