University of North Texas Athletics
Denver Postgame Quotes
2/14/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
NORTH TEXAS vs.
Thursday, February 14, 2008 / The Super Pit
HEAD COACH JOHNNY JONES QUOTES
“I thought it was very important for us to establish ourselves defensively tonight. This is an area wherein we haven’t been very efficient the last few games. We defended their backdoor cuts and challenged their three point shooters. We did a much better job tonight than we did in
“We came out and extended our defensive play in the first four to five minutes of the second half. That was a real key for us tonight also. We wanted to keep the defensive pressure up and not allow them to get into any type of rhythm,”
On the defensive effort
“This team,
Fast Break opportunities
Rebounding the basketball allowed us to take advantage of our athleticism and run the ball and make things happen from a fast break perspective. I like when we get out and run. This allowed us to dictate the tempo of the game.”
