Since there’s so much interest in the FD game. The entire postgame press conference transcript is posted at NinerReport. Some things that stood out as I read it.
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Since everyone thinks Harris gets no credit from Lutz:
[QUOTE]“Those two guys were good (Gaby & Ian), but Dijuan was good, too. Dijuan had great defensive energy like he always does, passed the ball pretty well and handled the press pretty well I thought. He could have had a couple more assists had guys been able to make shots, but no doubt Ian offensively was really good.”
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We saw this quote in the Observer:
[QUOTE]“They are just total pests on defense,” said Knights head coach Tom Green. “They are just up on you all the time. They are the best athletic team we have played all year.”[/QUOTE]
On the rotation and right mix:
[QUOTE]Charlotte had six players grab five rebounds or more, eight players score, and nine players log at least 12 minutes.
“That’s a positive, and I have to do a better job of figuring out how to use them,” said Lutz when asked about his rotation. “It’s a positive, but it’s also a negative sometimes. It’s a fine line to get guys in the flow and use your bench properly.”[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Lutz: We rushed some shots we should have made and or been fouled. But, despite that, we are not happy with the way we played, but we are happy that we found a way to win the game. We will work hard to get better for Maryland coming up, and then Clemson, and then the A-10. [/QUOTE]
On Rebounding:
[QUOTE]Lutz: "You can’t fault their effort. We get rebound after rebound at the offensive end, but I wasn’t as pleased with their defensive rebounding, especially on the foul shots. Our offensive rebounding was terrific. We have talked a lot about it. We want the shooter to think that it’s going in, and we want everybody else to think that it is a miss, and I think the last couple of games you have seen that mentality. [/QUOTE]
