Colorado University Athletics
Colorado-Nebraska Quotes
January 15, 2008 | Men's Basketball
Head Coach Jeff Bzdelik
GENERAL ?
“It was not pretty offensively.
ON THE CROWD
? “The student body was awesome, and the crowd was really into the game, and
helped us out tremendously. It was a great evening for
ON OFFENSE
? “We did not get into a flow. We need to pass and cut and get more movement on
the offensive end.
ON WORK LOAD
? “I have cut practice short to help save their legs. I make ice baths
mandatory, even though they did not like it a first. I think that they are
starting to see the benefits of taking care of their bodies. They are also
seeing how to practice more efficiently. We are not very deep, but it is what
it is. I have to be smart about that.”
ON DEFENSIVE EFFORT ? “We have been grading them for the last five games, paying attention
to every little detail, and that is something that I did with the Miami Heat.
Our only chance to be competitive is for every thing we do on the court to be
right with great effort. We have to be sharp, and share the ball. It forces
them to become students of the game. However, we still have to improve in that
area. Everything is under a microscope.”
Nebraska Head Coach Doc Sadler
GENERAL? “That's the first time a team came in and looked us
in the eye and kicked our butt. They just played harder than us. That same team
beat up on us here last year too. I was disappointed because I thought they
played harder than we did. We've got guys talking about altitude and they've (
ON
NEBRASKA'S OFFENSE?“We have to get
some play out of some guys that haven't been playing very well, which is pretty
much everyone. I can tell you this much, you can't miss free throws and win
games.”
ON
COLORADO'S DEFENSE?“Changing their
defense didn't affect our offense at all. We've been playing that kind of
defense all season.”
ON
GENERAL ?
“Winning is hard. We fought for 40 minutes. Every game in the Big 12 is tough.
We fought hard and got the win. The Texas A&M game was physical. That's the
nature of the Big 12. It's going to be a grind for 40 minutes.”
ON LAYUP LATE IN GAME TO INCREASE LEAD TO 4 POINTS ? “I told Marcus (Hall) to give me the ball, he gave
it to me and I made the bucket. (Aleks) Maric jumped, I just spinned off of
him, and made the lay up.”
ON STRUGGLING OFFENSIVELY ? “I'll take a win over a 30 point night any day.”
GENERAL ?
“We're growing up as a team. We're going to have runs, they're going to have
runs. We just need to take their punch and fight back. I was just looking to
attack tonight, its part of my game and our team needs me to play my game.”
ON JEFF BZDELIK'S FIRST BIG 12 WIN ? “There will be many more.”
ON BEING THE LEADING SCORER ? “Xavier (Silas), Richard (Roby), and Marcus (Hall)
are our main scoring options. Whenever I can step in to take the pressure off
of them and help the team.”
Cookie Miller
GENERAL?“We didn't come out ready to play. Our defense is there,
but we have to come out to play. We should have come out with better defense,
but we came out slow and sluggish. It's disappointing. We should have won this
game. But, we'll bounce back.”
ON NEBRASKA'S OFFENSE?“Everybody knows the offense, but we need to shoot
more and we need to go to the hole more. I need to do that more. I need to
dribble and kick the ball out to take pressure off of Al (Aleks Maric).
Everybody is going to be looking for Al and we need to take the pressure off of
him.”
ON BIG 12 CONFERENCE PLAY?“Every game is going to be a dog fight. This is
conference play. This is my first time playing in the Big 12, but I know it's
going to be a dog fight every night.”
