Louisville vs. Lafayette - Dec. 4, 2004 - Freedom Hall - Post-Game Quotes
December 04, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 4, 2004
Louisville vs. Lafayette - Dec. 4, 2004 - Freedom Hall
Post-Game Quotes
Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino
Comments on team's performance
"I'm real happy with our guys' focus. I'm happy with the ball movement. We still have a lot to work on defensively. They had a lot of open looks at the basket but the ball didn't go down. Good defense doesn't allow those open looks."
Comments on the team's rebounding
"I'm still not happy with rebounding, but I think its better than it's been. I'm happy with Ellis, but I'm still not happy with Juan. He has the body and quickness to grab those rebounds. He had eight, but he has the body to get twelve."
Comments on Larry O'Bannon
"He plays with both the starters and the kamikazes and doesn't wear out. We'd all be lucky to have a body like his. Any coach would love to wake up and find a player like Larry under the tree on Christmas morning."
Lafayette Head Coach Fran O'Hanlon
"I think they are terrific. They got off to a great start. We've been watching them on film and saw that they were good, but they are really great in person."
"They shoot the basketball so well. Defensively, they're very active and obviously I think they are very deserving of a top 20 ranking,"
"They offense made it hard for us to do any kind of zone because we had to get out on their shooters. They were also very hard for us to match up with man to man."
