University of Memphis Athletics
Memphis Postgame Quotes
Nov 30, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 30, 2005
Memphis Head Coach John Calipari
"I told the team that teams that really, truly want to do something unique and special - they dominate. We don't dominate. We come out and kind of bull-rush you, and then we just settle down and play. That's now how you do things. A team that dominates, dominates. You're not trying to beat anyone by 60, but when you have those guys in there, they just continue to play an entire game, and we haven't done that yet this year."
"I was happy with having Darius back. You see how important he is to this team. It puts Andre Allen in the position we want him in. The greatest thing that came out of this was the way Andre and Kareem played together. If you can have that coming off the bench, wow."
"We've got our hands full these next three road games. All three arenas will be packed. None of them have been packed to this point. They'll all be packed for us. It will be the biggest game these teams play on their non-conference schedule. We have a bulls-eye on our back, and we're going to need everyone playing well."
"What I do like is that they're passing it to each other. It's amazing. We haven't had this (in the past) where everyone is trying to look for each other so that's been exciting."
"This next game (Memphis-Cincinnati) is still Cincinnati-Memphis. Before I coached here and before he (Bob Huggins) coached there, it was still Cincinnati-Memphis and this is still a big game (despite Huggins' departure)."
Jackson State Head Coach Tevester Anderson
"I thought we played hard for the entire game. We played hard for 40 minutes. We were outmanned by a long-shot, by size and by talent. We were just outmanned, but our guys didn't give up. They fought until the end, and that's what you look for."
"We shot the ball behind the three-point line very well. We didn't shoot it very well going to the basket. We didn't finish strong enough going to the basket, and that is what you have to do against a big-time team like Memphis. They are an Elite Eight or Final Four team. They are very talented. They are athletic, and they are strong."
"They surprised us with the number of three-pointers they made. We thought we could play a zone and maybe they would miss some of them. A lot of them were kind of uncontested, but they shot the three really well. That did surprise us. Guys that hadn't been shooting the ball well behind the three-point line shot the ball well tonight."
"I thought our guys were a little bit timid at the beginning of the game. Instead of going up and finishing and looking for a three-point play, we were trying to sneak in there and get baskets, and you can't do that. You have to go in there with some authority."
