Gene Ammirante

All of our guys can make those scrappy plays. We've come to expect the defensive effort because those guys just read more

All of our guys can make those scrappy plays. We've come to expect the defensive effort because those guys just scrap. If you just watch the game you can gloss over Trey's hustling plays.

We are going to try to improve our mental attitude that we are able to defend at a 10 level read more

We are going to try to improve our mental attitude that we are able to defend at a 10 level no matter what happened at the other end.

They made a lot of spirited plays. We left our men at times in the first half and they made read more

They made a lot of spirited plays. We left our men at times in the first half and they made shots and then they started earning them, but they deserve a lot of credit for their effort.

I thought Andrew did a great job (defensively). When we face 1,000-point scorers like Eric Anthony, you have to treat read more

I thought Andrew did a great job (defensively). When we face 1,000-point scorers like Eric Anthony, you have to treat those guys a little differently, and Andrew did a real nice job with that.

He does have that ability (intimidation). He's a basket presence defender, but we don't want to get him to block read more

He does have that ability (intimidation). He's a basket presence defender, but we don't want to get him to block to many shots because when you block a lot of shots it comes with a lot of whistles.