Postgame Quotes – UCLA vs. Stanford
POSTGAME QUOTES
Stanford 73, UCLA 72 (OT)
January 23, 2021
Mick Cronin, The Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach
on Johnny Juzang
“Well, we passed the ball and he happened to be the open man. We just finally start passing the ball. He got the ball to go in early. That day was coming for him, he’s got that kind of game in him, so it didn’t surprise me.”
on the final play
“We win as a team, we lose as a team. It’s the same play they ran at the end of the half. The same guys were in that gave up the same layup at the end of the first half. At the end of the day, it’s the coaching staff’s job to make sure you’re prepared for something like that. That’s how I look at it. Obviously, we went over stuff but when you don’t get the job done, you obviously didn’t go over it enough as a coaching staff, you weren’t clear enough in your adjustments.”
on the impact of the loss
“Losing is never acceptable. I take every loss hard. I probably shouldn’t, it’s probably not good for my health. I don’t know how hard the players do, but I know I do. That being said, we got what we deserved. Our defense and adherence to the game plan, of what we went over, over and over, switching out on Jones when he comes off the double, not letting da Silva and Delaire drive the ball. Over and over and over, and we just kept letting it happen. We had no business winning. If we would have won, I’d have told our guys the same thing. We fought, yeah, we didn’t give up, yeah that’s great. We put ourselves in a horrible position with unacceptable mistakes.”
on Stanford’s interior defense
“They do that to everybody. They were playing a monster lineup, 6-7, 6-9, 6-10, 6-11, and three of those guys pretty athletic. What they do is they don’t give up points in the paint, that’s why every year their field goal percentage defense is always in the 30s. They play big and they pack it in, you have to make shots to beat them. You’ve got to try and get some action on the break, but we got absolutely zero points on the break today.”
Stanford 73, UCLA 72 (OT)
January 23, 2021
Mick Cronin, The Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach
on Johnny Juzang
“Well, we passed the ball and he happened to be the open man. We just finally start passing the ball. He got the ball to go in early. That day was coming for him, he’s got that kind of game in him, so it didn’t surprise me.”
on the final play
“We win as a team, we lose as a team. It’s the same play they ran at the end of the half. The same guys were in that gave up the same layup at the end of the first half. At the end of the day, it’s the coaching staff’s job to make sure you’re prepared for something like that. That’s how I look at it. Obviously, we went over stuff but when you don’t get the job done, you obviously didn’t go over it enough as a coaching staff, you weren’t clear enough in your adjustments.”
on the impact of the loss
“Losing is never acceptable. I take every loss hard. I probably shouldn’t, it’s probably not good for my health. I don’t know how hard the players do, but I know I do. That being said, we got what we deserved. Our defense and adherence to the game plan, of what we went over, over and over, switching out on Jones when he comes off the double, not letting da Silva and Delaire drive the ball. Over and over and over, and we just kept letting it happen. We had no business winning. If we would have won, I’d have told our guys the same thing. We fought, yeah, we didn’t give up, yeah that’s great. We put ourselves in a horrible position with unacceptable mistakes.”
on Stanford’s interior defense
“They do that to everybody. They were playing a monster lineup, 6-7, 6-9, 6-10, 6-11, and three of those guys pretty athletic. What they do is they don’t give up points in the paint, that’s why every year their field goal percentage defense is always in the 30s. They play big and they pack it in, you have to make shots to beat them. You’ve got to try and get some action on the break, but we got absolutely zero points on the break today.”