University of Memphis Athletics
Memphis Basketball Postgame Quotes
Dec 23, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 23, 2004
Memphis Head Coach John Calipari
"For three-quarters of the game I was very happy. We just have to be tough. We don't have three of the physical guys we had last year. We aren't physical enough right now. We only shot 21 percent in the second half and you aren't winning any games we play shooting 21 percent. Other than Sean getting his shots blocked they were all good shots. We need to make shots."
"We did make strides and I feel better going into Christmas right now. When we come back, I need to do things to make us tougher. They were tougher than us and we can't accept that."
"It's a long road out now. It's not like we're winning 30 games this year. We know that. Now, we need to play toward the end of the year. We've got the tournament here, we've got a lot of stuff to play for. We've got to get players playing the right way and if we do that we are going to be ok."
Providence Head Coach Tim Welsh
"For the game overall we got the loose balls, we got the loose shots. It was really a grit type game. Neither team was that impressive offensively, so we had to go make plays."
"Our defense tightened up on the second half. I was concerned at halftime when they were shooting 48 percent because they shoot under 40 percent for the year. We were shooting the three very well in the first half, and I knew we couldn't live on that the whole game, so the focus at halftime was to really tighten the defense up, and we did that the second half."
"Randall (Hanke) really made a difference inside with nine blocks. When you extend out as far as we had to to cover Carney, Rice and Banks, they are going to get inside some and you have to have somebody to block the lane. Our zone looked a lot like last year because we had good quickness outside and a basket protecter. You can really guard the three point line well if you have someone who can guard the middle."
