More - Carl Elliott Quotes

We attack Temple by attacking the zone, finding open guys in the zone and not settling for long jump shots. We want to make them speed up. They are a slow team.

Carl Elliott

 

I think we all realize this, but like most things we already know, this has been empirically verified by academics with grant money.

Carl Elliott

 Academics

We came out very intense and put a lot of ball pressure on their guards and forced them to do something under duress. We all came out and just were very aggressive.

Carl Elliott

 

I think we were very intense and put a lot of ball pressure on them. Coach wanted us to come out and pressure their guards, make them do things out of duress. That's what we did.

Carl Elliott

 

It was definitely a wake-up. We are still in the Top 25, but [beating N.C. State] would have showed a lot of people we are about business. It would have been a great opportunity for us to get a spot ... in the NCAA tournament.

Carl Elliott

 

We are going to make the necessary adjustments to him not being around.

Carl Elliott

 

He's a great coach, and he's going to make you better. He asks every player to believe in what he's teaching and believe in the system. He's such an exciting coach, you see him jumping on the sidelines and stuff. As a player, you like to see him get excited because he's excited for you and he wants to win, and that's been exciting for us. You just want to do what he asks.

Carl Elliott

 

Our goal is to keep it moving and ride this as long as we can. One of the things Coach Hobbs keeps telling us is that as fast as we've gotten to where we are, we can fall out just as fast if we don't focus on getting better every day and moving forward.

Carl Elliott

 Coach

I'm a big shot guy.

Carl Elliott

 

It had a high arc, and as it was coming down it looked like it was off, so I just attacked the glass. I just got up and started running. I don't know what I was thinking. I went to my mom and gave her a hug and told her I loved her.

Carl Elliott