“Yeah, I think foul shooting and they manned us on the boards. I thought we had a good game plan, I thought we came out, I thought we executed. Obviously, they’re a good team, obviously (Rick Pitino is) a great coach, but I thought we shot ourselves in the foot once again with free throws and not rebounding the basketball.”
On Seton Hall’s defensive effort:
“I thought we’ve been defending well the last couple games. I wasn’t really worried about our defense this game, I was worried about our mental and I thought a good portion of the game, we were right there. We made some mistakes, which was cool. I told them, if you’re gonna make some mistakes, make some aggressive mistakes, but I don’t like the way we got manned on the boards. They had 14 offensive rebounds that led to some points, and those rebounds—plus us missing foul shots—were the difference in the game.”
On Seton Hall’s recent effort:
“I’m not satisfied at all. I mean, we lost, we’re losing. How you gonna be satisfied? I think, I just told the guys on the radio, the difference is when Scotty and Dylan and Chaunce are out for four or five games, and you have Jahseem, Garwey and Isaiah playing 40 minutes, it’s a big difference having those other two guys back. That’s why we’re playing better, that’s why we’re giving ourselves a chance. Obviously, you guys are gonna look at it in your way, I look at it like this and this is gonna come off sounding really crazy, but we never really had a full roster where the guys could play together. Somebody’s always out for one or two games, three games and can’t practice, so when we finally get a chance to practice a little bit and play together, this is kind of the result. You give yourself a chance to be in the game. I’m upset that we didn’t have a chance to really gel like we could have, and I think we could have had a better season than we’re having right now.”
On his message to the team before the Big East tournament:
“I think right now, Adam, to tell you the truth, the main concern is making sure we take care of Tuesday for our seniors. It’s senior day, I want to make sure those guys go out on a high, obviously against a good Creighton team. We’re playing better, but we still gotta do the little things, right? You gotta make sure you still get a good shot when you’re supposed to get a good shot, and the guy who’s supposed to take the shot takes the shot. But I’m disappointed in some of these guys today, man. I told the guys, when you get a chance to play in this building, on national TV, you gotta come out and bring it. And we’ve got some guys that didn’t bring it today, and I’m a little disappointed in that. But for the most part, we battled, we gave ourselves a chance. There’s a reason why (St. John’s is) the best team in our league.”
On what St. John’s can do in March:
“I don’t want to speak for other teams, but they’re a really good team. They’ve got veteran guards, and when you’ve got good guard play, you’re always gonna be in the game. They’ve got two really good guards. I’m not really sure what happened to the kid (Aaron) Scott, but he’s a good basketball player, too. And obviously, nobody talks about RJ Luis. He’s, to me, he should be Big East Player of the Year and it ain’t even close. And I’m not knocking anybody else on their team, because obviously Kadary’s great. He was great for me, he’s great for them. But I think what (Luis) brings to their team is how they win games. And he did it today.”
On Godswill Erheriene against Zuby Ejiofor:
“I thought early on, he did (hold his own). I thought once he got tired, he’s a freshman, right? He kind of got worn down a bit but for the most part, he battled and I thought both bigs battled. I thought Manny battled as well, too. A good takeaway: I thought having 17 assists was pretty good for us, but then you get manned on the boards and those 17 assists just go down the drain.”
On Dylan Addae-Wusu and free throws:
“Yeah, I thought Dylan did what Dylan does. He gave us toughness, he made some shots, he made some plays. I put the ball in his hands more today because of the way (St. John’s) was playing defense, I wanted to make sure we drove the basketball. I thought we did, but yeah, the free throws killed us, man. And we practice it more than anybody, right? The last game we lost, I forgot who it was, the next day, we did nothing but shoot free throws. We didn’t do nothing else. Yesterday, we shot free throws. This goes back to the beginning of the year. We weren’t shooting free throws well in the course of some games, then during Big East play, we start shooting the ball very well from the free throw line. Now we’re resorting back to I don’t know what’s going on. It’s at a bad time. I wish I could tell you what’s going on. I don’t know.”
On Chaunce Jenkins:
“It’s tough, J. It’s tough, man. I kind of leave that stuff to the trainers and doctors. He hasn’t been doing nothing, so with that being said, I don’t know if he could do anything because he hasn’t been doing nothing. I know he’s seeing another doctor on Monday and they’re gonna determine something there, but I can’t really tell you too much.”
On any words with Rick Pitino:
“I told him good luck in the (Big East) tournament, he said the same thing, good luck in the tournament. They had a phenomenal year. Obviously he’s a great coach, did a great job, and I like I said: When you’ve got good guard play, you’re gonna be really good, and they’ve got great guard play.”
On Tuesday’s senior night honorees:
“Dylan, Yacine and Chaunce.”
On St. John’s and its resurgence:
“Come on, J! I can’t speak on other teams! Listen, I think St. John’s, Seton Hall, when local teams do well, it helps the Big East. Obviously we’re not doing well, they’re doing well, I’m happy for them, but we ain’t jumping off the bridge, man. We ain’t doing that. They’re having a good year, obviously I root for them once they’re in the (NCAA) Tournament, I always root for Big East teams. Right now, I’m trying to beat them, you understand what I’m saying? That’s kind of what it is.”
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