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Andy Enfield on the starting line up’s performance last night vs Utah:
"There are no excuses -- we have to play better than we did tonight.--We started the game fairly strong defensively and offensively, but if you look at the shooting percentages, you can't go 2 for 8 with a turnover [I Mobley], 2 for 7 with 2 turnovers...Evan, 2 for 10 with 2 turnovers...Tahj Eaddy, 2 for 5 with 4 turnovers... You can't do that! Isaiah White didn't have any turnovers, but he had three chances in the transition to finish and didn't finish one of them. So if you look at our starting five, which I just went over, you have to play better. There are no excuses. If you want to win Pac-12 games on the road, you can't play like that.--I'll take the blame for this. I'm the head coach. We'll deal with our mental state of mind here this week, but at some point players have to step up and do what they're capable of doing. And tonight we didn't do that."
Doesn’t matter if we are playing Zags, Baylor or Cal. If our starting line up plays the way they played last night vs anybody, we aren’t winning any games. Tired legs? Probably. Playing 5 games in the last 10 days + a tough road trip will result in that. I was texting a fellow USC Hoops fan during the Oregon game and we were both in agreement that the players were absolutely on their last legs in the 2H & that a game at Boulder in 36 hours wasn’t going to be pretty, and it wasn’t!
The staff expects better, We all expect better but the season isn’t over. Still a lot to play for. February is behind us. Next time our guys play, it will be March. I hope they have their dancing shoes on & are comfortable with how they fit. FINISH STRONG!!!
"There are no excuses -- we have to play better than we did tonight.--We started the game fairly strong defensively and offensively, but if you look at the shooting percentages, you can't go 2 for 8 with a turnover [I Mobley], 2 for 7 with 2 turnovers...Evan, 2 for 10 with 2 turnovers...Tahj Eaddy, 2 for 5 with 4 turnovers... You can't do that! Isaiah White didn't have any turnovers, but he had three chances in the transition to finish and didn't finish one of them. So if you look at our starting five, which I just went over, you have to play better. There are no excuses. If you want to win Pac-12 games on the road, you can't play like that.--I'll take the blame for this. I'm the head coach. We'll deal with our mental state of mind here this week, but at some point players have to step up and do what they're capable of doing. And tonight we didn't do that."
Doesn’t matter if we are playing Zags, Baylor or Cal. If our starting line up plays the way they played last night vs anybody, we aren’t winning any games. Tired legs? Probably. Playing 5 games in the last 10 days + a tough road trip will result in that. I was texting a fellow USC Hoops fan during the Oregon game and we were both in agreement that the players were absolutely on their last legs in the 2H & that a game at Boulder in 36 hours wasn’t going to be pretty, and it wasn’t!
The staff expects better, We all expect better but the season isn’t over. Still a lot to play for. February is behind us. Next time our guys play, it will be March. I hope they have their dancing shoes on & are comfortable with how they fit. FINISH STRONG!!!
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