Wes Miller, Simas Lukošius Dayton Presser
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00:00 to Anthony and his group.
00:01 They were really good tonight.
00:05 They got us out of sync.
00:07 So give them credit, first and foremost.
00:10 We were struggling to get stops,
00:13 and when you can't get stops and you can't defend,
00:17 it puts a lot of pressure on everything else in the game.
00:20 Not only couldn't we get stops,
00:21 but every time they're at the rim, we're fouling.
00:24 So you look down, they're 28 for 30 from the free-throw line.
00:27 We're really struggling with interior defense,
00:29 which is frustrating given the types of length,
00:32 athleticism, and size that we have.
00:34 But we're really struggling there.
00:35 We're struggling to keep the ball in front.
00:37 We're struggling to get our chest in front of the ball.
00:40 And then you look down, and that's kind of the result.
00:45 So then they're setting their press
00:47 because everything's a dead ball on a free-throw.
00:50 So they're setting their press.
00:52 Our point guards weren't able to enter offense,
00:54 and then we got really out of sync offensively
00:57 with not being able to enter with our point guards,
01:00 and then changing defenses, and we looked frozen at times
01:04 and watching guys dribble around.
01:06 We've been a good ball-moving team.
01:08 We were totally taken out of what we wanted to do
01:10 offensively, give them credit because it bothered us,
01:13 but it shouldn't, and we should be better,
01:15 and that should have been a more competitive game.
01:18 So I'm very disappointed.
01:20 It's told the guys, it's on me.
01:22 I got to do a better job getting us to defend,
01:24 figuring out how we can defend people
01:26 and getting us prepared to deal with some token pressure.
01:30 Questions?
01:36 Plus defensively, what were they able to do
01:40 to kind of get you guys to press
01:42 and kind of throw off the timing or more to it
01:46 when they got into the half-court?
01:49 Yeah, I mean, they did a good job denying our reversal,
01:51 so the ball just stuck to one person,
01:53 and we weren't able to move the ball.
01:56 And, yeah, I guess we just got stuck playing one-on-one
01:59 the whole time, which didn't really work out for us.
02:01 A lot.
02:02 What's up?
02:05 Focus.
02:07 I mean, it is a little discouraging,
02:13 but we're not going to take too big of a hit.
02:16 You know, we're always going to come back and work hard,
02:19 and we're going to get better,
02:21 and we know the talent that we have on this team.
02:23 So I can't say that it's going to be too discouraging,
02:26 but it's very disappointing, though.
02:27 Can you add a guy like Paul to it?
02:30 I'll answer that.
02:35 There's no narratives here that we just didn't play well.
02:40 It's not because we added Jimmy Orton.
02:41 Jimmy had played seven minutes.
02:43 You know, like, I don't want to --
02:45 It's not putting Seamus in that position.
02:48 We couldn't guard tonight.
02:50 Give Dayton credit first.
02:52 Give them good basketball.
02:53 They're a really good offensive team.
02:55 Give them credit. We couldn't guard.
02:57 We were out of sync when they set their press,
03:00 which they did over and over and over again
03:02 because we put them on the foul line,
03:04 and there were so many dead balls.
03:06 It has nothing to do -- Jameel Reynolds, we added him.
03:09 We played him seven and a half minutes.
03:11 Like, that is not changing a team.
03:14 That's not the reason we're not playing.
03:16 I just want to make that clear right now.
03:18 Sorry.
03:19 Do you feel like you could have taken full game
03:23 for half the pressure?
03:28 I mean, yeah, I tried.
03:29 You know, our offense really wasn't going,
03:31 so when a couple shots fell, I thought I can be more aggressive.
03:36 So, yeah, I guess, but in general,
03:38 the whole game was terrible for us, both offensively and --
03:44 A lot of you guys obviously got across a couple times.
03:48 Obviously, like, after Abel,
03:50 you had three-point ball behind you,
03:52 and it was on there.
03:53 For you, Abel, personally, behind you, not enough.
03:57 I mean, they just left me some space,
03:58 and I got to shoot the ball, and then they went in.
04:02 Not much else to it.
04:04 Anything else for three points?
04:06 All right. Coach?
04:08 Coach?