Oregon - Oregon State postgame quotes
01/11/10 | Men's Basketball
Oregon - Oregon State postgame quotes
Oregon Head Coach Ernie Kent
“Craig [Robinson] did a great job of getting this team to bounce back. The intense rivalry brought them up. He had them ready. They practiced at 5am, came down to Eugene and practiced last night, got to bed early and had everything going for them. We did not prepare enough for this rivalry.” “I didn't think we were very focused, which falls on our responsibility, my responsibility. People play different in rivalry games. We did not play the focused basketball of the last 4-5 games.”
“We were so lackadaisical with the ball early, which took some scoring opportunities away. It became a focus thing. I obviously did not do a good enough job of getting across the message of the mental aspect of rivalry games.”
“OSU did an excellent job of disrupting the game. There were bad shots and bad turnovers, which led to some easy transition points for them.”
“As the first Civil War game for the freshmen, they got a lesson. That team (OSU) took a beating last week and had a different mental coming into this game. We had success last week, and had a different mental coming into this game.”
“We didn't play up to our capabilities.”
“There have been some great Civil War games in this building, and hats off to them for winning the last one.”
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Tajuan Porter - Sr., G
On the start: “We got kind of rattled. The Beavers played a tougher zone than we play in practice. It was a shock to all of us. We had to play catch up the whole game.”
On the Beavers: “They played up. The crowd was in it, but they stayed poised the whole game.”
“Their coach prepared them. They got mentally locked in. We came in passive.”
On Malcolm Armstead: “This was his first Civil War game. They were pretty good at their zone. He was more passive and wasn't attacking. He is going to do well next time.”
“We had some newcomers to the rivalry; everybody plays up in this game.”
“Since it's the last Civil War at Mac Court, it hurts to lose. Not just for the players, but for the fans. We kind of let them down tonight. We have to keep moving forward.
Looking forward: “We still have to keep going. We still have a lot of Pac-10 games ahead. We need to stay confident, refocus, come back and defend our home court.”
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Michael Dunigan - So., C
“We gave a lead at the beginning, that's on us.”
“I think some were too overconfident. We didn't have our minds set on defending like we had to.
“It hurts a lot, but there is nothing we can do about it now.”
“It's all a learning experience, the week off kind of sidetracked us.”
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Oregon State Head Coach Craig Robinson
On win: “It means a lot to win the last game here. It means even more to win the game, to win in the Pac-10 on the road. If we pick up a couple more wins on the road, we could be in a position to do things.”
“Friday and Saturday I got the feeling what Wednesday's loss meant. They (OSU players) came in early and worked hard. You play like you practice.”
“In hindsight I knew this loss made sense, but I was still worried about this game, on the road, and at Mac Court. After seeing how we practiced this win made sense to me.”
On mentality of team driving over: “Based on this week's practices, we played much better than last game. We handled them better this year. I give UO credit.”
On rivalry: “It is my second year, I am starting to feel it, and they (OSU players) feel it. “
Oregon Head Coach Ernie Kent
“Craig [Robinson] did a great job of getting this team to bounce back. The intense rivalry brought them up. He had them ready. They practiced at 5am, came down to Eugene and practiced last night, got to bed early and had everything going for them. We did not prepare enough for this rivalry.” “I didn't think we were very focused, which falls on our responsibility, my responsibility. People play different in rivalry games. We did not play the focused basketball of the last 4-5 games.”
“We were so lackadaisical with the ball early, which took some scoring opportunities away. It became a focus thing. I obviously did not do a good enough job of getting across the message of the mental aspect of rivalry games.”
“OSU did an excellent job of disrupting the game. There were bad shots and bad turnovers, which led to some easy transition points for them.”
“As the first Civil War game for the freshmen, they got a lesson. That team (OSU) took a beating last week and had a different mental coming into this game. We had success last week, and had a different mental coming into this game.”
“We didn't play up to our capabilities.”
“There have been some great Civil War games in this building, and hats off to them for winning the last one.”
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Tajuan Porter - Sr., G
On the start: “We got kind of rattled. The Beavers played a tougher zone than we play in practice. It was a shock to all of us. We had to play catch up the whole game.”
On the Beavers: “They played up. The crowd was in it, but they stayed poised the whole game.”
“Their coach prepared them. They got mentally locked in. We came in passive.”
On Malcolm Armstead: “This was his first Civil War game. They were pretty good at their zone. He was more passive and wasn't attacking. He is going to do well next time.”
“We had some newcomers to the rivalry; everybody plays up in this game.”
“Since it's the last Civil War at Mac Court, it hurts to lose. Not just for the players, but for the fans. We kind of let them down tonight. We have to keep moving forward.
Looking forward: “We still have to keep going. We still have a lot of Pac-10 games ahead. We need to stay confident, refocus, come back and defend our home court.”
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Michael Dunigan - So., C
“We gave a lead at the beginning, that's on us.”
“I think some were too overconfident. We didn't have our minds set on defending like we had to.
“It hurts a lot, but there is nothing we can do about it now.”
“It's all a learning experience, the week off kind of sidetracked us.”
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Oregon State Head Coach Craig Robinson
On win: “It means a lot to win the last game here. It means even more to win the game, to win in the Pac-10 on the road. If we pick up a couple more wins on the road, we could be in a position to do things.”
“Friday and Saturday I got the feeling what Wednesday's loss meant. They (OSU players) came in early and worked hard. You play like you practice.”
“In hindsight I knew this loss made sense, but I was still worried about this game, on the road, and at Mac Court. After seeing how we practiced this win made sense to me.”
On mentality of team driving over: “Based on this week's practices, we played much better than last game. We handled them better this year. I give UO credit.”
On rivalry: “It is my second year, I am starting to feel it, and they (OSU players) feel it. “
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