48 Quotes by Howie Dickenman

Every game is a must game. That?s how we look at it. It would be tremendous (to start 3-0), but we don?t look at it as a two-game set. We won?t talk about Sacred Heart until we get back from LIU. We need to be as prepared as we possibly can be because I believe it?s more challenging on the road.

A tremendous inside player. When he gets the ball, he can score in a variety of ways. He can take you outside and shoot a 3. He can face-up on the block. Then he's good around the hole. He's a very good player.

They are a good-shooting team. They have an inside-outside game. They have five starters who can shoot the three, and that's kind of unique when you think about it. They have five 3-point threats.

Some players you can define as a shooter and some you can define as a driver. ... He has a pretty complete offensive game at this point.

Defensively, he used to be awful. He?d get beat on backdoors ... he?s doing a better job on screens. Now he?s not getting beat off the dribble very much. He?s containing his man. He?s more aware of the value of defense.

That gave us a little bit of a kick start. In the past Justin would have stopped near half court and shot a three.

They run more plays than the (Detroit) Pistons. There is no way we could work on defending all those plays. They have plays to get certain people open at certain times, and they run them all so well.

They?re very athletic so we have to make sure we score a lot of points. Somehow we need to defend and keep them in the 60s somewhere and try to outscore them. They?re an offensive team, and they will present a lot of problems for us.

They got quite a few points in limited attempts, they made free throws, they got rebounds and they defended pretty well. That?s what you would like them to do as players coming off the bench.