Colorado University Athletics
Colorado-UCLA Quotes
vs
Providence
Nov 14 (Fri)
7 p.m.
Colorado head coach Tad Boyle
on beating UCLA on its home court
“It feels fantastic. That’s a talented group of guys over there. They were explosive offensively. I’ve never seen a team average 70 points and 17 turnovers. We had 22 assists and we really shot the ball well. It’s really time for our guys to have the success in shooting.”
on D’Shawn Schwartz’s shooting
“I knew it was going to really happen as long as he just took some good shots.”
on holding their overall composure
“The last media timeout of the first half we just couldn’t get that many stops. At the last media timeout we got five straight shots.”
on Shane Gatling’s shooting
“He has really figured out how to affect the game when you’re not shooting the ball well. He has figured out there is more than shooting to affect the game.”
on the team’s mental toughness
“We kind of wilted at halftime when we had the lead by one. I like how our toughness has been during the last couple of games. The guys are really dialed in right now.”
on what he liked about the game
“What I liked tonight was the ball didn’t stick. We really had good ball movement. It’s truly about getting better every day. We can’t do that tonight because we are going to eat, but tomorrow when we wake up, we have to get better and be prepared to beat SC. This is how our mindset has to be.”
Colorado sophomore D’Shawn Schwartz
on his performance tonight
“I’m at the point where I’m just going to have to shoot it. I’ve been in the gym, so I have nothing to lose.”
on what made the difference in the game
“We did a great job in getting stops in the first half. I think getting stops gets them down and we got on them early.”
on what Coach Boyle said at halftime
“We’re going to be OK. We have nothing to worry about. Just keep playing and keep guarding.”
Murry Bartow, UCLA interim head coach
opening remarks
“Frustrating loss. Colorado played really well. [Shane] Gatling was incredible. Obviously, our zone had some holes in it and Gatling found them. I thought Moses Brown was a star for us tonight. He had 17 [points] and eight [rebounds], four blocks and four steals. He was great. We cut our turnovers to 12, which is encouraging. We got off to a bad start, so we spotted them a 12-point lead right out of the blocks. Thought we made a nice run to end the half. Second half, we looked fine for a while, but then they kind of stretched it out. Like I said, I thought Moses was outstanding. We did some good things in the game, but obviously we didn’t do enough good things.”
on if he considered coming out of zone defense as Colorado repeatedly made 3-pointers
“I considered it, but I’m going to say this—no one knows this team better than I do, so I know what we’re good at, I know what we’re bad at. I know what defense to play because I know these guys, I know our team. I just know where we’re good and I know where our weaknesses are and we’re a lot better in either a 2-3 or a 3-2 right now than we are in man now. If we try to invest our time in man, then certainly I’ll give that some thought. Defensively, I’ll do whatever we need to do to try to win the game, but based on tape, based on numbers, based on stats, based on reality, we’re better in… what we call the 3-2, which we played in some tonight. But yeah, I did give it some thought. I did give it some thought because they got into a pretty good rhythm and, like I said, Gatling was really good. We just didn’t do enough good things tonight to win.”
on decision to start Chris Smith over Kris Wilkes in second half
“Kris [Wilkes] was just not feeling well. That was all that was. He was back in the locker room, in the restroom. Just wasn’t feeling well. We looked up and he wasn’t out there with about a minute to go on the clock. We put Chris Smith in the game.”
on not having Moses Brown’s defensive presence on the court late
“Probably a mistake. Probably a mistake. Moses just gives us a dimension that we don’t have when he’s not in the game. If we’re in, whether it’s the 3-2 or really more of the 2, he just gives us a whole different look. Probably a mistake having him out… as long as we did. I thought, again, 17 points, eight rebounds, four blocks, four steals. He did a lot of great things for us tonight.”
on what part of loss makes him most frustrated
“I’m just, like anyone in the room, I’m a competitor. And when you’ve got a game at home, you need to figure out a way to line up and win it. In the end, we just didn’t get it done. That’s what my frustration is. I love these guys, I love coaching these guys. They’re great guys. We’re really young. We’re an incredibly young team. A lot of times when things start going badly for us, a two-point deficit turns to four and a four-point deficit turns to six and then to eight and then to 10 and before you even blink you’re down eight or 10. Just a frustrating loss. I thought this was a game if we played great, we think we can beat anybody—especially when we’re here at Pauley. And I’ll say this about Colorado—and I tried to tell the team this repeatedly—we played Colorado twice last year, we were 0-2. They came in here and beat us a year ago. They beat us there a year ago. And they’re coming off an 18-point win over Oregon. We knew what we were getting into. We knew it was going to be a really hard game. They just played better than we did.”
on if Kris Wilkes just felt off tonight
“I’m not sure. I don’t think so. He just wasn’t feeling well.”
UCLA sophomore Jaylen Hands
on where the team is at heading into the second half of the Pac-12 regular season
“We’re just going to keep pushing the ball forward, getting better day by day. We’ll get better at what we need to get better at. We’re not where we want to be, but we’re just going to keep working.”
on what Colorado did to get open looks from the perimeter
“They swung [the ball] well. Some of them were tough shots. [Shane] Gatling was seven-for-nine. That was part of it.”
on Chris Smith’s increased production tonight
“We’re 11 or 12 guys deep, so we want everyone to play well. To see your friend, your teammate do well out here after a rough slide is always good. So, that felt really good for me. I can say that.”
UCLA freshman Moses Brown
on using the jump hook in his offensive game
“I’m starting to get to it more. Coach [Bartow] told me before the game that [Colorado was] going to trap me. Knowing that, I just saw the direction they were coming to trap me from and that’s when I decided I was going to hook.”
on disappointment of losing on home floor to open the second half of Pac-12 play
“I’m just trusting the process. I’m listening to everything Coach [Bartow] says. I have 100 percent faith in him and what he tells me and what my teammates do. We work as hard as we can every day in practice, so I have faith that we will do well this season. A loss like this shouldn’t really keep us down or have us discouraged in any type of way. We just have to go out there swinging next time.”
on beating UCLA on its home court
“It feels fantastic. That’s a talented group of guys over there. They were explosive offensively. I’ve never seen a team average 70 points and 17 turnovers. We had 22 assists and we really shot the ball well. It’s really time for our guys to have the success in shooting.”
on D’Shawn Schwartz’s shooting
“I knew it was going to really happen as long as he just took some good shots.”
on holding their overall composure
“The last media timeout of the first half we just couldn’t get that many stops. At the last media timeout we got five straight shots.”
on Shane Gatling’s shooting
“He has really figured out how to affect the game when you’re not shooting the ball well. He has figured out there is more than shooting to affect the game.”
on the team’s mental toughness
“We kind of wilted at halftime when we had the lead by one. I like how our toughness has been during the last couple of games. The guys are really dialed in right now.”
on what he liked about the game
“What I liked tonight was the ball didn’t stick. We really had good ball movement. It’s truly about getting better every day. We can’t do that tonight because we are going to eat, but tomorrow when we wake up, we have to get better and be prepared to beat SC. This is how our mindset has to be.”
Colorado sophomore D’Shawn Schwartz
on his performance tonight
“I’m at the point where I’m just going to have to shoot it. I’ve been in the gym, so I have nothing to lose.”
on what made the difference in the game
“We did a great job in getting stops in the first half. I think getting stops gets them down and we got on them early.”
on what Coach Boyle said at halftime
“We’re going to be OK. We have nothing to worry about. Just keep playing and keep guarding.”
Murry Bartow, UCLA interim head coach
opening remarks
“Frustrating loss. Colorado played really well. [Shane] Gatling was incredible. Obviously, our zone had some holes in it and Gatling found them. I thought Moses Brown was a star for us tonight. He had 17 [points] and eight [rebounds], four blocks and four steals. He was great. We cut our turnovers to 12, which is encouraging. We got off to a bad start, so we spotted them a 12-point lead right out of the blocks. Thought we made a nice run to end the half. Second half, we looked fine for a while, but then they kind of stretched it out. Like I said, I thought Moses was outstanding. We did some good things in the game, but obviously we didn’t do enough good things.”
on if he considered coming out of zone defense as Colorado repeatedly made 3-pointers
“I considered it, but I’m going to say this—no one knows this team better than I do, so I know what we’re good at, I know what we’re bad at. I know what defense to play because I know these guys, I know our team. I just know where we’re good and I know where our weaknesses are and we’re a lot better in either a 2-3 or a 3-2 right now than we are in man now. If we try to invest our time in man, then certainly I’ll give that some thought. Defensively, I’ll do whatever we need to do to try to win the game, but based on tape, based on numbers, based on stats, based on reality, we’re better in… what we call the 3-2, which we played in some tonight. But yeah, I did give it some thought. I did give it some thought because they got into a pretty good rhythm and, like I said, Gatling was really good. We just didn’t do enough good things tonight to win.”
on decision to start Chris Smith over Kris Wilkes in second half
“Kris [Wilkes] was just not feeling well. That was all that was. He was back in the locker room, in the restroom. Just wasn’t feeling well. We looked up and he wasn’t out there with about a minute to go on the clock. We put Chris Smith in the game.”
on not having Moses Brown’s defensive presence on the court late
“Probably a mistake. Probably a mistake. Moses just gives us a dimension that we don’t have when he’s not in the game. If we’re in, whether it’s the 3-2 or really more of the 2, he just gives us a whole different look. Probably a mistake having him out… as long as we did. I thought, again, 17 points, eight rebounds, four blocks, four steals. He did a lot of great things for us tonight.”
on what part of loss makes him most frustrated
“I’m just, like anyone in the room, I’m a competitor. And when you’ve got a game at home, you need to figure out a way to line up and win it. In the end, we just didn’t get it done. That’s what my frustration is. I love these guys, I love coaching these guys. They’re great guys. We’re really young. We’re an incredibly young team. A lot of times when things start going badly for us, a two-point deficit turns to four and a four-point deficit turns to six and then to eight and then to 10 and before you even blink you’re down eight or 10. Just a frustrating loss. I thought this was a game if we played great, we think we can beat anybody—especially when we’re here at Pauley. And I’ll say this about Colorado—and I tried to tell the team this repeatedly—we played Colorado twice last year, we were 0-2. They came in here and beat us a year ago. They beat us there a year ago. And they’re coming off an 18-point win over Oregon. We knew what we were getting into. We knew it was going to be a really hard game. They just played better than we did.”
on if Kris Wilkes just felt off tonight
“I’m not sure. I don’t think so. He just wasn’t feeling well.”
UCLA sophomore Jaylen Hands
on where the team is at heading into the second half of the Pac-12 regular season
“We’re just going to keep pushing the ball forward, getting better day by day. We’ll get better at what we need to get better at. We’re not where we want to be, but we’re just going to keep working.”
on what Colorado did to get open looks from the perimeter
“They swung [the ball] well. Some of them were tough shots. [Shane] Gatling was seven-for-nine. That was part of it.”
on Chris Smith’s increased production tonight
“We’re 11 or 12 guys deep, so we want everyone to play well. To see your friend, your teammate do well out here after a rough slide is always good. So, that felt really good for me. I can say that.”
UCLA freshman Moses Brown
on using the jump hook in his offensive game
“I’m starting to get to it more. Coach [Bartow] told me before the game that [Colorado was] going to trap me. Knowing that, I just saw the direction they were coming to trap me from and that’s when I decided I was going to hook.”
on disappointment of losing on home floor to open the second half of Pac-12 play
“I’m just trusting the process. I’m listening to everything Coach [Bartow] says. I have 100 percent faith in him and what he tells me and what my teammates do. We work as hard as we can every day in practice, so I have faith that we will do well this season. A loss like this shouldn’t really keep us down or have us discouraged in any type of way. We just have to go out there swinging next time.”