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Louisville Men's Basketball Post-Game Quotes
December 17, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 17, 2002
Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino
"Our guys were ready to play this game. It's two games in a row that we've executed offensively, two games in a row. It was a nice win for us tonight and now we'll focus on winning the (Billy Minardi) championship."
(on Taquan Dean) "He did a very good job but both freshman played well tonight. They have a lot to learn along with Kendall (Dartez). We'll have Kendall for a couple of years and you want solid players that will get better over the four years."
(on Otis George) "He had the highest deflection total and since Luke's (Whitehead) deflections were down a bit, Otis saw more action. He's got to score off the glass and hit the mid-range jumpshot. He's just a bundle of energy out there."
(on Travis Ford) "Eastern Kentucky didn't play up to his standards. They were overmatched. He's a terrific coach but if his guys can learn to play like he did, they'll be a good team. They are going to be down about this loss but we played very well tonight."
Eastern Kentucky Coach Travis Ford
"Louisville is a very, very good basketball team. This is a different basketball team from when we played them last year. We knew we would have to play on all cylinders to have a shot and we didn't do that. When Louisville starts knocking down threes as they did in the first half, it picks everything else up for them like rebounding."
"I told my team to forget about this game and don't forget about it. This is a game we can learn from but Louisville played very well tonight. They exploited a lot of things we usually do well. I wish we could have done a better job in front of Coach Pitino. Give them a lot of credit."
"Coach (Pitino) rarely pressed tonight and never trapped. I was hoping he would so it would be an up-and-down game but it turned into a half-court game. That was kind of a surprise."
