On teams struggling shooting the three against Maryland....Guys are working hard and understand what we want to do defensively. They are older guys and all big-time players. And when you have older, smarter, big-time guys, they get it quicker than freshmen and it's helping us win games.
On this being a signature win....Says Miami is very good and Coach L is a HoF coach. But we aren't worried about signature wins, we still have a long ways to go. We are good with great players, but they are still trying to learn this system. We are having turnovers not because of the players, but because of me, I'm putting them in a situation where we haven't practiced something 1,000x. So we will get better.
Don Carey says coach stresses moving the ball side to side so we can get anything we want shooting the ball.
Willard says he's just thinking about how long it is going to take them to get home and how much traffic there is going to be on the beltway because he's hungry. LOL
Says he thinks Jahmir Young and Carey are the best backcourt in the country. Some of those turnovers today were just because it was the first time they have played back to back games together. Thought the guard play was outstanding and they played off the charts.
Young says they are still growing as a team and still working on chemistry, but it's good to get the first five wins and they'll go from there.
Says Julian Reese is getting a lot of confidence. Also says Carey is just scratching the surface of how good he can be. Says you will see him hitting shots at a high clip more and more because he's just starting to get comfortable with what's happening on the floor.
Was surprised by how much bigger we were than Miami. It's not just our big guys doing it with the rebounding, our guards are rebounding at a high level, too. If we can rebound at a high level, we can be pretty good.
I have an easy rule, if you play as hard as you can, I'll let you take any shot you want. So play hard and together and I'll let you do what you want to do. We have unbelievably high character kids and they are bringing it every night and they are being rewarded for their hard work and everything they have put in.
On this team being further along than expected....says he thinks they are ahead defensively, but they are smart basketball players which has really helped on defense. And they are learning that as the ball gets side to side more and more on offense, we can be really good on that end, too.
