“I was happy with the way we came out. I thought we had three solid days of practice. This was a good bye week for us, we kind of needed it, guys were banged up. I’m a little disappointed that we didn’t keep that same energy, but Butler’s a good team, they can score the basketball. I told our guys, when you go win at Creighton and you go win at Marquette, hostile environments like that, they’re not afraid of being on the road. So I tried to make sure that we…the first half, I was disappointed because they had eight threes. At halftime, we made some adjustments and they had four, and I thought that was the difference in the game.”
On Butler’s field goal drought:
“Just being solid. I thought the first half, they spaced us out a little bit. Our pick-and-roll defense was up too much, so I pushed it back out to the college 3-point line and once we did that, it kind of closed the court up a little bit. So when they had those short rolls, we were scrambling and they were getting threes. The second half, the last, I think, 12 minutes of the game, we did a better job with that.”
On Seton Hall’s backcourt:
“That’s something they’ve been doing all year. They don’t get enough credit. I don’t think Dre gets a lot of credit, but we’re not worried about that. Things speak for themselves. We’re just trying to take these games day by day.”
On Dylan Addae-Wusu and Jaden Bediako:
“I got on Dylan because Dylan normally gives us a lot of little plays that don’t show up on the stat sheet. I thought the last — from the 8-minute mark down, I thought he got a lot of loose balls, 50-50 balls for us, that I was on him about getting. JB is JB. He’s been doing this for us all year. He’s somebody that, I told you guys in the beginning of the year, ‘don’t worry about him, he’s gonna be fine,’ and he’s kind of being fine.”
On Seton Hall’s alumni turnout Saturday night:
“It’s huge. I thought it was good for Fuquan Edwin to get honored today in the hall of fame, he deserved it, he had a great career. And for everybody else coming out here supporting us and showing love, it’s always good. I told you guys before, Seton Hall, when I’m here, they’re here. So we’re all together. It’s big. You see my boy Isaiah (Whitehead) was here, he was here all week with us, so it was good. I don’t want to leave people out, I know we had a lot of alums here, I saw a lot of people in the stands. It was good to see everybody. (Whitehead) came to school, not practice. He came to school.”
On Seton Hall’s fan support:
“It was good. I think Kooks said it, it’s a Saturday night, right? It’s Saturday night, 8:30, they could have been anywhere doing things. For them to be out here and understand the importance of this game and the next couple games, it’s super important. But not just for the students, I want to say all the regular fans have been coming out all year, and I want to thank those guys for coming out as well. But it’s always good to have the students there. They bring a lot of energy, I think tonight was Greek night if I’m not mistaken, they came out and we kind of felt their energy.”
On positioning entering the Big East tournament:
“Just keep defending, keep playing Seton Hall basketball and share the ball. Our three guys gotta be our three guys, period, and just try to stay solid. Don’t try to get ahead ourselves, take every game step by step.”
On Seton Hall’s improved consistency:
“Better. We’ve still got some ways to go, but a lot better. I thought we came out with a lot of energy, then we kind of died down and we came out in the second half with some more energy. In this league, you gotta be careful doing that. Teams are too good.”
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