Men’s Basketball Quotes – Jan. 29, 2007 – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/29/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 29, 2007
Head Coach Thad Matta
On Ohio State
“We are not where I would like to be at this point, but as a coach you are looking for the perfect game. The other night was a great indicator of how we need to finish games off. There’s always a learning curve with a young team, but we are hoping we can draw back on different things we have experience this season for road games.”
On Purdue
“I have always known that Carl (Landry) is known as a scorer. He’s a guy we need to have a great focus and awareness of where he is at all times. It will be a great environment, but we’ve been in places like the one we are going into. Our guys have to block everything out, run our system and play a good basketball game. It is difficult to play on the road in all conferences. I don’t know what it is, but in the Big Ten there are great fans and great venues.”
On Ron Lewis
“Ron (Lewis) has done a tremendous job for us. He has a great understanding of how we want to play and he is a capable player on both sides of the court. He’s done a great job being a leader on this team.”
On Greg Oden
“He was 82 percent his senior year of high school at the free throw line. It’s amazing watching Greg’s growth in that area. He’s always working his left handed jump hooks and free throw shots after practice. I do wish we had a week where we weren’t preparing for a game to give him back confidence on his right hand.”
On Michigan State’s Drew Neitzel
“(Drew) Neitzel made some very tough shots and Michigan State did a great job of getting him open. As I looked at it on film, I think there are some things we can do differently on Saturday. We took decent shots in the first half that went down for us and in the second Michigan State stepped up there defense.”
