University of Memphis Athletics
Memphis Basketball Postgame Quotes
Dec 28, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 28, 2006
Memphis Head Coach John Calipari
"Good win. Anytime you're disgusted with a 25-point win, you know you're expectations are pretty high. Hats off to (Lamar head coach Steve Roccaforte) "Roc." I think he's done a great job with that team. I think they're doing a great job defensively. They jam up the middle, and they're big. They only shot 32 percent against us and 35 percent from three and missed a ton of free throws. But, they play the way they're trying to win, and in their league, I think they're going to have a great year. I think he's doing a fabulous job."
"I don't know how we played. To watch it, early on, was painful, and then we came out and we did some things in the second half. We're not going to be able to do that to teams in our league and Cincinnati and Gonzaga included. You have to play offense and make plays, make layups, and make one-footers. Defensively, I saw some good stuff. But we've got a ways to go."
Lamar Head Coach Steve Roccaforte
"My first thought is they have a really good team. They took us out of what we wanted to do offensively. I thought in the first half that we hung as hard as we could. I thought I was going to set an NCAA record for timeouts taken in the first half. If I would have taken one more, I think that I would have been in the Guinness Book of World Records."
"I thought our guys did a good job to battle and stay within 10 points at halftime. They're a good team, and they run their stuff offensively. They hit us with a little run a couple of minutes into the second half, and I was trying to hang on to that one time out. Again, I thought our kids never gave up. I don't think they ever quit, but we've got to continue to get better."
