Colorado University Athletics
Colorado vs. Iowa State Quotes
January 17, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Colorado Head Coach Ricardo Patton
GENERAL: “I'm hoping that we learn something from
“The game was so fast ? a lot of octane out there. They showed that (speed) more at home than on the road (on film). You don't see speed on film, and you don't see size on film. They blew it up more than we expected.”
ON GOOD SHOOTING: “Blair (
ON LAMAR HARRIS: “It's too bad that he doesn't like to practice. If he learns to practice well, who knows what he could do. Lamar plays to win; that's what enables him to rebound like that. He's such a great kid; he's been a joy to have in this program. It'd be a travesty if he left here without a degree. But he's working hard.”
ON THE BIG 12 RACE: “My sleeper team is Texas Tech. I think they are playing as well as anybody right now.
“We need to find that magic level. We can't get too high after we win, and we can't get too low if we don't. We have to remain even keel. We have to find that level.”
GENERAL: “
“We didn't shoot well, we missed rebounds, and some passes, and they played well.”
ON LOSS OF ROAD GAMES: “I don't know about that (last year's losing streak on the road). This is a different team, we lost tonight at
ON
ON FIRST HALF PLAY: “I didn't feel well in the pre-game shoot around. I told Michel (Morandais) that my shot felt funny, but once the game started it wasn't funny anymore. I was having fun out there. The guys were getting me good looks and I was able to knock my shots down. When you get hot like that you feel like you can't miss, so I wasn't really thinking, I was just shooting and they were going in. That's something that doesn't happen enough.”
ON SECOND HALF PLAY: “I think that we came out with more determination. I wasn't as hot but we were able to play better as a team and get everyone open. Michel was able to get hot and we played a much better half.”
ON PACE OF THE GAME: “I was really tired. We are in good shape but that was a really fast-paced game. We found a way to hang tough and wear them (
ON DEFENSIVE EFFORT: “He (Jake Sullivan) is pretty small and he's not he fastest guy out there so I felt pretty confident in our match-up. This was a team effort, I was happy to do my part with my assignment.”
ON BREAKING
F Lamar Harris
ON REBOUNDING PERFORMANCE: “Usually I don't put two halves together and I was able to do that today. The ball goes up there and I just go and get it. That's how I get my points sometimes also.”
F Michel Morandais
ON SECOND HALF: “They (
