University of Memphis Athletics
Memphis Postgame Quotes
Dec 27, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 27, 2005
Memphis Head Coach John Calipari
"That was a heck of a game. I told their coach, `Let's hope we are playing in April. Let's hope we are the last two standing.'"
"How good is (Adam) Morrison? That guy is so good. What happened was he knew he could score on Rodney (Carney) in the post. So I asked Shawne (Williams) if he wanted to guard him, which was dangerous because he had three fouls. But I said `Look man, if we don't stop him right now, we are not winning this game, because he will go nuts,' and Shawne Williams went in and stopped him. But he had help from Chris Douglas-Roberts. He had help from Antonio (Anderson). He had help from Robert Dozier. We were out there at the end of the game with all freshmen playing, and they executed."
"Again, we held them to 34 percent from the floor. They killed us shooting free throws. They just killed us. We stopped them everywhere else. I told them at halftime `They are rebounding, and we are fouling too much,' and they came in and started the half great and did a good job."
Gonzaga Head Coach Mark Few
"Memphis out-competed us, especially on the glass. In our half-court defense, we kind of broke down and let them get a lot of shots inside. Memphis has a lot of talent and they can hurt you in a lot of ways. They have a lot of answers for you. We battled hard, but we missed too many chips and that came back to hurt us."
Gonzaga's Adam Morrison
"They sucked in on me more and denied me some good looks. I jammed my finger in the Saint Louis game, but I am not going to use that as an excuse. We did not move the ball as much as we wanted to. We have to work on some things, but we played hard, and that is all you really ask for. I missed too many eight footers in the lane, but part of it was Memphis' defense."
"I think Memphis and us are in the top five in the country. We are pretty solid, and Memphis is as talented as any team in the country. We played Connecticut, and Memphis is up there with them. They are very athletic and long, and the players from Memphis know their roles very well. Memphis is well coached with Coach Calipari."
