Nov. 20, 2005

Recap | Box Score | Notes

Coach Odom Quotes

On the Game Today

“It’s a great win for us today”

“We are not as good as what you saw in the first half and we aren’t as bad as you saw in the second”

“We played well in first half, as much as you try to say let’s win the second, we lost concentration or focus there.”

“You beat a Toledo by 26 or 27 ,players might tune us out, now they can’t. There is a lot of room to teach.”

“Tarence Kinsey had a really good offensive day, but he will tell you he didn’t play well defensively.”

“We didn’t rebound the ball as well as we need to although we won the rebound battle.”

“We shot the ball well at the free throw line, which is encouraging.”

Alaska Tournament

“The Alaska Tournament is exciting because it’s a week of basketball. It’s a week to improve your team. I’m excited about Alaska.

“Alaska, Anchorage can be dangerous. There are some quality teams in the tournament.”

Toledo Coach Joplin

“We knew USC was a very good team, to play on the road at their place was going to be difficult.”

” I told our team, when you go to postseason play, this is the type team you are going to play.”

“This is our guarantee game, get paid to get your butt kicked, sometimes you do not follow that script, but today we did that.”