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CU-UA [Pac-12 Tournament] Post-Game Quotes
March 14, 2013 | Men's Basketball
University of Colorado Head Coach Tad Boyle
General
"Well,
obviously, we're disappointed with the result. We congratulate Arizona. They
played a hell of a game. You could tell from the very beginning they were ready
to go. I thought our guys responded to some adversity tonight very well, but we
just didn't have enough to get over the hump there at the end. Made a valiant
effort, but it just wasn't enough today. The end of the first half I thought
was the difference, because, obviously, we turned the ball over a lot, and we
missed some free throws. But our guys battled in the second half and showed the
heart of a Colorado Buffalo and what that's about. These guys have more
basketball ahead of them this year for the job they've done this season."
On
Josh Scott Getting In Foul Trouble
"It never helps when your bigs get in foul trouble, especially in a physical game
like you see. That was a high-level basketball game out there by both teams.
When you get one of your bigs in early foul trouble, that never helps. But I
thought he played through it in the second half and gave us some good minutes."
On Arizona's Bench
"Yeah, Arizona's got good players coming off the bench. They've got guys that
are starting the games. Brandon Ashley was a starter
for the most of the year. I thought our bench gave us some good minutes in the second
half. But Arizona, when you look at their lineup, they've got the most quality
depth of anybody in our league. And they go ten deep. That [Angelo] Chol kid is
a hell of a player, and he didn't even get to play much tonight. So they have
good players on the floor. They bring good players off the bench, when they're
all playing well, and they were dialed in tonight. You could tell from the
git-go. Like Spencer said, they had great team defense. It's tough for us to
score at times. But they've got good players. They're well-coached. We lost to
a good program tonight. There is nothing to hang our heads about in terms of
who we lost to. We're always disappointed with this result, and you always look
internally at what you can do better, and that's what we'll do."
On
If He Feels His Team Deserves A Bid To The NCAA Tournament
"Yes.
"I think, when I
look at it, our strength of schedule, non-conference, obviously, we played in a
heck of a league. We came up a little bit short here in this tournament, but
the way we played tonight and the fact that we got André back, what we did over
our whole body of work, strength of schedule, went on the road. We had the fewest
home games of any Pac-12 school. We had 15 home games. That is the fewest of
anybody in the Pac-12. I don't know what other BCS schools had at home, but a
lot of people played a lot more than 15 at home. So we went on the road, played
a good schedule, and we weren't perfect. But we're one of the top 37 at large
in my mind. But that's not for us to decide. That's all I'm going to say about
it."
On Only Having Six Assists
"Yeah, we talked about it. We had two at halftime. When we're at our best, we're
at double digit assists. This team's been like that all year long. So it's
nothing unusual. Yeah, six assists and 13 turnovers, when we look at our losses,
that's usually a result of not making plays for each other offensively. We
played good enough offensively. We had 69 points and four guys in double figures.
Our offense wasn't the problem tonight. Our problem was not getting stops at critical
times. The shot that Lyons hit from the corner with one second on the shot
clock was the play of the game. That was a breakdown on our part defensively. We've
practiced that situation. We just didn't do what we were supposed to do, and it
cost us. When you play against good teams, they make you pay for your mistakes."
On Shane Harris-Tunks Going Down
"Yeah, let me say this about Shane. We've had two blatant no calls that have
led to concussions on our basketball team, and I'm really disappointed about
it."
On
Play Of Bench
"Yeah, I thought Jeremy [Adams] is coming into his own, playing
extremely well. I feel very comfortable with him on the floor, Xavier Talton, I
thought in the second half when we made our run had good minutes. Ben [Mills],
I was more proud of him than anybody coming in. When Shane [Harris-Tunks] did
go down, he came in and played well and battled. And, again, Josh [Scott] was
-- we're making a comeback. We went small with Andre [Roberson] and X [Johnson]
out there, and three guards. So there weren't as many minutes for him in the
second half. But I was really proud of Ben Mills, and I don't know what the
prognosis will be for Shane. But for Ben it will be a time for him to step up.
And I'm really proud of him for doing it tonight in a very tough environment."
University of Colorado Student-Athletes
Sophomore, Guard, Spencer Dinwiddie
On
Arizona Doing Something That Affected Him
"I mean, they just played solid defense. It wasn't nothing special. I mean,
in the first half we ran offense and things like that. I mean, they did a great
job team defensively the whole game. I don't know what you want me to say to
that."
On
If He Feels His Team Deserves A Bid To The NCAA Tournament
"Yeah."
Junior, Forward, Andre Roberson
On Feeling Like They Would Come Back
"Yeah, we definitely thought that. Coach Boyle always preaches defend and
rebound, and I felt like that's when we started to do that and we had a run. I
feel like we just didn't do it consistently throughout the whole 40 minutes.
That's how we fell off in the first half, and that's how we got back into the
game in the second half."
On His Health
"I'm feeling really good. I have fresh legs. I just recently got back and
cleared. I feel like that's my job to bring energy to this team, just a player
with fresh legs so get out there and run. But it's definitely important to get
back in shape and show everybody that you're playing your best."
On If He Feels His Team Deserves A Bid
To The NCAA Tournament
"We battled throughout
the whole season. We took a couple of tough losses, but I feel like we
definitely have some quality wins under our belt, so I feel like we did enough."