Hopkins on UW Shortcomings

After the Cal game, Mike Hopkins sized up the UW falling short.

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00:00 >> This season?

00:01 >> Yes, and more so I would say on the defensive end,

00:04 we haven't been able to get that stop.

00:06 And again, season's not over.

00:10 I felt like we were really improving.

00:12 Our defense was, in the last three or four games, has been better.

00:16 I felt like they kicked our tail on the rebounding tonight, and

00:19 that's where we've been a lot better.

00:21 We played a little bit smaller.

00:22 We played more three guards today.

00:25 And two of our keys were we gotta rebound them, and they had 13 offense rebounds.

00:31 And we needed to do a better job on Tyson, and he had a pretty darn good game.

00:36 So pretty frustrating.

00:38 Wasn't lack of effort, it was lack of execution.

00:43 >> Is it especially disappointing, because I remember sitting in here and

00:47 I remember with you, all these veteran guys, two Kentucky starters.

00:50 >> Yeah.

00:51 >> You're a lot better than 14 to 12 teams.

00:53 >> Yeah.

00:54 >> But still, that's what you've got is 14 to 12.

00:55 >> Yeah, yeah, you know what?

00:57 Obviously, we've lost a lot of close games, and it's frustrating.

01:02 We have a chance to make a foul shot and

01:05 beat a team that's a three seed in the NCAA tournament, and walk off into the sunset.

01:10 You gotta be able to execute down the stretch.

01:12 You gotta make those plays.

01:14 Stop here, stop there.

01:15 You're three plays away from having three more quad one wins.

01:18 It's a story.

01:20 It's what happens.

01:21 It's basketball.

01:22 It's not perfect.