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UConn vs. UNH Post Game Quotes (November 30, 2010)
11/30/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 30, 2010
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Connecticut Head Coach Jim Calhoun
"Congratulations to New Hampshire and to Coach Herrion who did a terrific job with his team. They certainly outplayed us, outworked us. We didn't have to out-will them, we just had to outwork them, because I thought we had superior quickness and talent."
"We had Kemba, offensively, and had very little else."
"It's a disappointment to me. It's the first time all year it was not fun coaching a team that was lackluster."
"Being ranked has nothing to do with anything. It has to do with a bad performance by us. Particularly with body language. I didn't think we were ready to play."
"Kemba bailed us out again, and that's nice. But that's a short-term fix. We can't keep going like this. And some of the guys who have played so well, and have been willing to go to the floor and do some of the other things that they did in Hawaii in all three games...they were unwilling to do tonight."
"We certainly didn't take a step forward by any stretch of the imagination, which is what I wanted this team to continue to do."
"Focus, body language...it wasn't the same team that I've been with for 30 practices and seven games coming in, including exhibitions."
"It's the first time I've seen it from this team - whether it be practice, exhibition or regular season game - that we haven't been that team that did the extra things to win. We didn't do any of those and it almost cost us a win."
"They outworked us. And that can't happen. If it does happen, it's not going to be the type of season we would like it to be."
"It's getting to the point where there's one guy inside and one guy outside right now, consistently."
"We have to be getting better. And we didn't get better."
UConn Players
Shabazz Napier
"We played terrible in the first half. We didn't play Connecticut basketball. We didn't play the way we played in Maui. We just showed how immature we are."
"Some days you have games like this. We're a good team. We shouldn't have games like this. We just have to move on."
Kemba Walker
"We didn't run the offense at full speed. The intensity level wasn't where it should have been. It happens. We're just going to come back tomorrow in practice and pick it up."
"Things weren't going right for us. As a team, we weren't making many shots. It just wasn't falling for us in the first half."
Alex Oriakhi
On New Hampshire rebounding
"I simply think they outworked us."
"I think we just weren't all there mentally to begin with. That's just a bad game. No time to feel sorry for yourself. It's a long season."
New Hampshire Head Coach Bill Herrion
"What I was way more concerned about tonight was our basketball team. We're trying to build this thing at UNH and it's been a lot of work. I think we're finally in the right direction of having a team that understands how hard you have to play every night your step on the court and how hard you have to compete. I thought our kids really competed."
"They are a very good basketball team and they have a great player (Walker). The kid was great. He's playing at a very, very high level."
"We're not into moral victories. We're trying to win games at UNH. I've been in this a long time and I don't need any more moral victories on my resume anymore. I just want Wins. Great effort by our kids. It doesn't matter if you're in our league or the Big East, if you turn the ball over you're going to lose."
On UNH's rebounding:
"We go after the basketball. It's a real emphasis of our program - to play hard and get on the glass...I told our guys if you don't rebound, we might as well get on the bus and go home."
