University of Memphis Athletics
Memphis Basketball Postgame Quotes
Feb 27, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 27, 2005
Memphis Head Coach John Calipari
"(Louisville playing zone defense) got us to stay on the perimeter. They didn't think they could guard us man, and they were probably right. We were able to get the ball where we wanted to. If you're not willing to drive it, then we'll throw inside, which is what we did later to get us back to playing the right way. The zone hadn't bothered us like this all year. I'll tell you what usually happens, we make threes."
"We just got to keep winning games. You know you win the next two, you win a couple in the tournament, you lose in the finals, you can still get in. You know I'm not thinking about that right now. I got to get this team ready for this next game now because these two last games were draining games. We got to come out and be high energy and really passionate for this next game."
"We had our chances. We just weren't aggressive at the end. The enormity of the game may have hit them at that point."
Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino
"Defense will win games for you, and I tell our team all the time to not outscore people. If we have a great night then so be it, but if we don't, we must rely on our defense. Another thing about the game when Memphis beat us was we did not get a chance to play zone."
"I think Memphis is 13-6 when they make six threes or more, but 3-6 when they do not. We drew a line in the sand and did not let the three-point shot beat us. We were going to make the three point shot a brick wall. We were going to make them beat us in other areas."
