Gene Ammirante

He does have that ability (intimidation). He's a basket presence defender, but we don't want to get him to block read more

He does have that ability (intimidation). He's a basket presence defender, but we don't want to get him to block to many shots because when you block a lot of shots it comes with a lot of whistles.

All of our guys can make those scrappy plays. We've come to expect the defensive effort because those guys just read more

All of our guys can make those scrappy plays. We've come to expect the defensive effort because those guys just scrap. If you just watch the game you can gloss over Trey's hustling plays.

We are going to try to improve our mental attitude that we are able to defend at a 10 level read more

We are going to try to improve our mental attitude that we are able to defend at a 10 level no matter what happened at the other end.

I thought Andrew did a great job (defensively). When we face 1,000-point scorers like Eric Anthony, you have to treat read more

I thought Andrew did a great job (defensively). When we face 1,000-point scorers like Eric Anthony, you have to treat those guys a little differently, and Andrew did a real nice job with that.

I was happy with our decision-making down the stretch. That's probably the best we've done with that this year. We read more

I was happy with our decision-making down the stretch. That's probably the best we've done with that this year. We had seen Central come back before, but we managed the game well in the second half.