University of Memphis Athletics
Memphis Basketball Postgame Quotes
Dec 23, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 23, 2006
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Memphis Head Coach John Calipari
"I was really pleased with our effort. Every team you coach is different. You can think that I can use the same motivational things, and we can run the same plays. When your team changes personnel, you have to figure out what they are."
"This is a team that I have to just continue to get them to be excited who they are as individual players and to love themselves as individual players. Some of our guys are scared to death if they don't play great. We have individual players -- and I've been doing this for a week now before Arizona and after Arizona -- just be in love with yourself. Don't be embarrassed by you. You are special in your own way. And it's what we've got to run with this year. This team is different (from last year's team)."
Middle Tennessee Head Coach Kermit Davis
"It was a nightmare today. I give Memphis credit. When they make their shots from three-point range like they did today, they may be the best team in college basketball. They had not done that all year long. Willie Kemp, who is a real character guy, got their team going in a positive way and made 3 threes. I was disappointed in our energy level, and when we got down, we got kind of a defeated attitude. I have never had a team get beat 43-24 on the boards."
"It was a total mismatch today, and we laid down a bit in the second half, and we struggled in all aspects of the game."
