Marshall University Athletics
Marshall Men's Basketball Postgame Quotes
11/19/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Dan D'Antoni, Marshall head coach
Opening statement
"I guess the biggest thing is we played pretty well in the first half and got a 16-point lead. Then they stepped it up a little bit more. We fouled too much in the second half. They shot 28 free throws in the second half. We have to watch how we foul. That is one of our goals. We needed to limit their threes and free throws and make them take contested twos. They outscored us by 14 from the free throw line and won by 10, so that was a big part of that. We don't have our rotation set. They've already played three games. They were tested at Georgia Tech. We have to find the right rotation, and it is going to be a work in progress to have a rotation we can count on. I thought the biggest thing was us fouling too much in the second half, and we have to get our rotation set. I think we are a lot further on than we were last year in our first game. This team has a chance to solidify as the season progresses."
On if he believes in moral victories
"Never. We want to win, one game at a time, every game we play. I expect to come in here and win. I don't expect to come in here and lose and say, `We played good against a team bigger than us." They aren't bigger than us."
On what Tennessee did to get back in the game
"Right when we got to 16, we had to do our rotations and subs, and we hadn't gotten that down. It just takes one or two plays. They played hard, and I don't want to take anything from them. Rick Barnes does a great job. They played well and stepped it up. You have runs in games, and you have to be able to counter. We started rushing our shots from our makers, and you can't do that."