“I’m still getting used to a lot of the new guys and what they’re doing, and what they can do, and one of the things I’ve got to do with Lex is get him inside more and not space him, and give him the opportunities to be aggressive and get some of his junkyard dog points that he’s always gotten. So I think some of his stats and his rebounding issues have been more the way I’ve used him on offense than him, but it was good to see him be out there and be aggressive.”
On using Kadary Richmond off the bench:
“More than anything, I’m just trying to get Kadary to be a little bit more comfortable as the game goes, and I think the last few games, I think he’s really started to get a little bit more comfortable, get a little bit more rhythm on the offensive end, but that's not going to be the way it is all year long.”
On playing Bryce Aiken and Richmond together:
“Well, guards are all kind of small so we’re kind of matching up small guys with small guys, big guys with big guys, and with Bryce and Kadary, you can kind of have — they had their two point guards out there for about 25 minutes of the game — so we tried to match up with them a little bit, and for us, it was more or less trying to get Kadary and Bryce out there together and see what they can do together.”
On Jahari Long:
“You know what? I’m just trying to bring him along, get him out there to where he doesn’t have to do too much. He’s out there with Jared and either Bryce or Kadary, so I’m just trying to get his legs back under him. He missed almost three months in rehab, so I’m just trying to get him some confidence back and some rhythm back, and get him back into some sort of game shape. That’s kind of what I’m looking for. I thought he played really well in the first half. The second half, I sat him too long, but in the first half, he played well. He’s worked hard to get back. He was working hard in the summer — again, he was one of our better players in the summer before he had a setback — for him to work, that’s why I’m trying to get him out there and just get him back into, just get him some game reps more than anything, because practice is so totally different than a game.”
On goals over next two games:
“I’m still trying to figure out my rotation, Adam. I really am. Like, who I can play together, who complements well, what I can run with each group out there, who to get the ball when. I’m still a work in progress when it comes to that, because we’re literally playing nine to ten guys. More than anything, I’m trying to figure out lineups, plays with lineups, certain defenses with lineups. We’re a long way from being a smooth, cohesive group, that’s for sure.”
On free throw shooting:
“For the most part, everyone that goes to the line is a good free throw shooter, even Ikey. Ikey’s worked hard at it. All these guys are good, even though we’re not shooting the ball good, these guys are good shooters, so when they get up there, they should be making their free throws.”
On Ryan Conway, Brandon Weston and Myles Cale:
“Ryan’s on the path to being a redshirt. B-Wes is still recovering from injury. B-Wes could definitely play when he gets cleared by the doctors. I don’t know when that is, don’t ask. MC’s looking much better. He definitely won’t play Wednesday, but after that, it’ll probably be game-to-game.”
On his halftime message:
“We watch film at halftime. We just make corrections on what we’re doing wrong, so we just kind of watch ten clips of our offense and five clips of their offense at halftime. Sometimes we flip-flop depending on what it is, so more or less, I try to just make corrections. I don’t try to reinvent the wheel at halftime, I just make game adjustments at halftime, so I think that was it. That’s all I really do at halftime. I’m not a yeller, it’s not worth it.”
On marquee non-conference games:
“At 10:30 at night, no. I wish those games were at 8:30 Eastern time, or even 9:00 Eastern time, then I would make it. I wake up at 5:00 every morning, I don’t make it past 10. I think college basketball’s in a great spot. I have watched a lot of college basketball, that’s all I did on Thanksgiving. There’s a lot of good basketball, top to bottom, in every conference. I look at Oakland, I wouldn’t want to play them, they’ve got some transfers — Jamal Cain, they’re really good — then you look at what Coach Pitino’s doing at Iona, beating Alabama, you look at a team like — who’d they lose to? — Belmont, who’s really good, veteran experience, and obviously Duke and Gonzaga. I just think college basketball’s in a good — it’s been exciting — I love the fact that we’ve played a lot of away games in college basketball. I wish we would do more away games, true instead of neutral sites. It’s fun. It’s not fun when their crowds are in it and you’re trying to win a game, but even our Ohio State game, we had 1,500 and 1,500, it was an unbelievable atmosphere. So I think college basketball’s in a great spot.”
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