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Horne: We've got to get back in the lab, it starts with defense
DJ Horne speaks to the media after an 87-83 loss to Syracuse
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DJ Horne speaks to the media after an 87-83 loss to Syracuse
Uh Yes. Uh you know, they shot the ball incredibly. Well, I don't think that's something that you can really uh prepare for going into the game. Uh So, you know, credit to them, credit to number four, Bell. He, you know, he was lights out tonight and um I feel like that's definitely what got us in the hole. What is this? Who went for you? Uh You know, I knew they were gonna be playing me tight, so I wanted to try to create some space and think that he was gonna, you know, uh bite on it and then I was gonna try to, you know, draw a foul but the ref you know, didn't give me the foul. So, uh you know, move on to the next one. Did you getting down in the first half? Obviously not something you wanted to do and you guys know the position you're in. I mean, why do you think, uh case you said you guys weren't ready to play? I mean, why do you feel like that might have been, uh, you know, I, I don't really know, you know, going to a game you would think that, you know, everybody is in the right mindset. So I can't really, you know, uh, put a finger on why guys aren't ready to play. How do you guys approach trying to get in the NCAA tournament from here? Uh, still got a lot of good, uh, games left on our schedule. So, you know, definitely don't want to just put ourselves out of it now, but we know that, uh, that margin for error is a lot smaller now and we're gonna have to really lock in these, with these next couple games left. What does it say about this team to, you know, be down 15 at the, you know, be able to take? Oh, yeah, it just shows us that, you know, we have grit, um, and, and where we're at in the season and everything's, you know, desperation time. So, uh, I felt like that was just an example of that. Uh, and, you know, unfortunately we didn't come out with the win. Syracuse changed anything, the last three possessions that made those more challenging to score on or just things go your way. What do you think it kind of was there? Uh, they were kind of mixing in some of the, uh, Jim Boeheim, uh, whatever the coach name was. I'm sorry, I don't know if I missed it up or not, but, uh, with their old coaches zoned, uh, they mixed that in there some and, uh, try to confuse us a little bit. So that could have been a little bit. But um it was just really the zone switching back to the zone demand. What do you think the bigger cost, the loss was the endgame execution or the first half kind of deficit? I think it's really just the first half, you can't really, you know, dig yourself in a 15 point, you know, uh deficit in the first half of the game and then expect to just somehow win. You know, there's some, we just gotta, we gotta get back in the lab and we gotta face a lot of things and it starts with defense.