Colorado University Athletics
COLORADO 81, OREGON STATE 66 QUOTES
December 01, 2003 | Men's Basketball
Colorado Head Coach Ricardo Patton
GENERAL: “
“Basketball is a game of runs. I thought when we went to our zone (defense) it changed the tempo and slowed them down a bit. I think we showed in the first half that we weren't any better on offense than
ON STARTING OFF SLOWLY: “Maybe we have been reading too many press clippings and think we can just show up (to win).
ON G MARCUS HALL: “Marcus played pretty well. I thought he ran the team pretty well. He only had one turnover, but that turnover looked like 10 to me.”
ON PLAYING WITHOUT C DAVID HARRISON: “They were going to make our guys prove they could shoot and score without David. That's what we're going to face this year. It's imperative that other guys step up.”
ON G/F JASON OBAZUAYE: “He is primarily a slasher. He has been working hard on his shooting the ball lately. So, it was good to see some of his hard work pay off tonight.”
F BLAIR
GENERAL: “The altitude was getting to (OSU) and they started to doubt themselves. In the first half, we had a few stops and we turned them over. In the second half, we had the stops, but turned them into buckets. We played with emotion. We knew we had to take the game to them. When we played hard, the crowd appreciated it.”
ON G JAYSON OBAZUAYE: “(His 10 points) were huge. He really stepped up tonight. In the first half we were struggling. If you take out (Jayson's) 8 points (in the first half), it would have looked a lot worse. We need guys like Jayson (Obazuaye), Marcus (Hall), and Glean (Eddy) to step up every night. Marcus had eight assists tonight and we really can't ask for much more than that.”
ON C DAVID HARRISON'S TECHNICAL FOUL: “When he was on the bench, we all had to help rebound. We all rose to the occasion. It definitely made it tougher without David, but when he came back, we gave it to him and he put it away.”
C DAVID HARRISON
GENERAL: “It's no secret what happened here last season. We beat four ranked teams and had an almost perfect record here. We only lost one on a lucky shot. Teams know that they have to come in and play hard to win here. In the second half (OSU) was flat and passive and we had to take the game to them.”
G MARCUS HALL
ON OPPONENT INTENSITY: “I don't know what to expect (from other teams). I thin every team is going to come out here with that type of intensity (like OSU did).”
GENERAL: “ This is a quality
ON C DAVID HARRISON “ He is a very very good player. He only had four blocks, but he changed a lot of shots. He comes out of nowhere. He's just a really good player. I haven't seen him play since high school. He has really done a good job with his body, and is a really solid player.”
