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Luke Murray - Postgame Villanova · Coaches Corner

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  We're joined court side by Luke Murray, coach. Nice turnaround from Tuesday in
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  a lot of categories. What did you look at first when you said,
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  well, we got to do something better this game guard the three point line.
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  You know, that performance the other night was one of the worst defensive
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  performances in several years here, so obviously we needed to do a lot of
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  work to improve that. Villanova's a really good three point shooting team. A
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  big percentage of their points come from the line, and you know, while
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  they missed some open ones that they maybe sometimes make, I think all in
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  all, we did a really good job of being cognizant of the shooters and
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  holding them. A three for twenty four is big time. Yeah, that's
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  huge. You cut ten threes themselves. It was unusually that I went to
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  the Huskies, I hadn't made it three. So you get ten, you
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  take thirty two. Is there ever a number we say let's get We need
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  to get thirty every game in terms of takes for threes. Yeah, I
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  mean, not exactly, but I mean thirty's probably a pretty good number.
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  Four US. Generally, Villanova is a team that gives up a lot of
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  three point shots. That's part of their defensive philosophy. Creating is Creagan does
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  as good a job as anybody in the country in terms of taking away the
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  line. So I thought some more opportunities presented themselves for guys tonight, And
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  obviously I think we could have shot even better with the way Ak shot.
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  But you know, Cam I thought was huge for us. I mean he
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  was able to step up in a big, big way anytime it got a
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  little bit tight, he came through with a big time shot or and and
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  one and really really impressive bounce back from him. Well, obviously was disappointed
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  with how Tuesday night went. Yeah, you know, Dan Hurley in the
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  pregame is talking about him, saying, yeah, you can't search for the
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  perfect shot, you got to maybe create some shots. And he did that
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  tonight on a few different occasions, getting fouled, making a couple of those
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  baseline jumpers. I mean when he does stuff like that, he's an even
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  more impressive offensive player. Absolutely. You know, coaching myself have been talking
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  to Cam a lot, you know, even going back several weeks now.
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  He has a hesitancy to pull the trigger on some of those tight windows.
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  I think he'd prefer to get maybe what he considers a better shot for the
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  team, or maybe kind of draw off the possession a little bit better.
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  And you know, I think for us, you know, as you get
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  deeper and deeper into the season, you played better in better teams. You
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  got to have a you know, a readiness to fire. And he's a
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  big time shooter. He's close to fifty forty five ninety on the season and
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  he's got unreal splits, so any shot for him is a good one.
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  Yeah, nine to thirteen, five of eight from three. My favorite numbers
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  second chance points because you had eight offensive rebounds, so did they You had
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  eleven points off those second chances they had zero. Is that Klingon? Is
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  that the Klingon factor? What is that? Yeah? It is? It
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  is, you know, because I think some of those shots that they got
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  back were ones where they you know, almost chased after it before it even
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  got out of their hand. They knew that they had missed it and were
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  scrambling to get the second shot, and there were some bad bounces that way.
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  Two of those eight rebounds were team rebounds that were just kind of hard
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  to get under control. But yeah, I mean I thought we really offensive
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  rebounded well in the second half. We didn't do that as well in the
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  second. In the first half, I'm sorry, we did a great job.
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  In the second half not so much, but they're a good defensive rebounding
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  team. But like you said, we converted those opportunities. I thought,
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  for the most part, we did a really good job on the defensive glass.
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  We were able to get our ball movement better in the second half as
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  well. I thought in the first half were standing around a little bit.
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  And they're a good defense. You know, they come in as a top
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  twenty defense in the country, so they make you work. Yeah, in
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  the fast break points eighteen to four, and dr was a big part of
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  that. You got you got to help up the bench tonight thirteen to four.
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  D A again a catalyst. When he plays like this, this team
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  can be dangerous. Yeah, for sure. I mean sound was terrific.
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  You know, you know, we weren't happy with how he played Tuesday night.
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  He was out there for twenty one minutes and didn't get a whole lot
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  done. But I thought today, particularly with the way that he guarded,
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  you know, defensively, Brandon Housen is a real X factor and a dangerous
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  dangerous shooter who's been playing great in the eight games since we played those guys
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  last. And you know, he did an unbelievable job of harassing him all
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  over the floor and honestly got us out in the transition game, which,
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  like you said, opened up some easy ones for us. Yeah. Final
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  note, Castle fourteen points, made a couple of threes. He made all
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  his free throws. It looked us at filling over was saying, okay,
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  go ahead, shoot it out there, and then to his credit, I
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  mean, I'm sure you guys are talking to him and you got to say,
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  hey, dude, you got to shoot it if they give it to
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  you. Yeah, I mean, I thought he did a pretty good job
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  stepping up and making all six of his free throws were big. I thought
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  he did an excellent job defensively buy and large, you know on TJ.
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  Bombo, who's a really good player. But you know, again, I
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  think they really played him soft today and he was able to step up and
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  knock down two big ones. You know, I think we probably want him
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  finding that balance, you know, when he can be a cutter, when
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  he can be a driver and not just settle for the shot that they want
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  him taking but I thought he did a nice shot, all right, final
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  thing, I lied, I wasn't my final thought. The Newton we just
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  talked to him. I mean, the guy gets sixteen rebounds. Coach,
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  Come on, are you working with him on rebounding or something. He's not
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  get so many rebounds? He does, he does. He went up and
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  got some big defensive rebounds today, won a lot of those kind of loose
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  fifty to fifty balls and track down some long rebounds as well. He's just
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  got a knock for it, he really does. You know, I think
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  this is his fourth or fifth triple double. It's pretty impressive the way that
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  he's able to rack him up. You know, he's our leading rebounder,
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  and you know, I give him a lot of credit. It's important to
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  him, and he puts in a great effort on the glass. And you
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  know, you don't see triple doubles in college that much. You see him
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  in the pros. They played four eight minutes, a lot of those,
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  no doubt, No doubt. Well, I mean again, he does a
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  great job of rebounding Forest. He's been our leading rebounder all season long.
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  And when guys are making shots, you know, on the perimeter like cam
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  was today. You know, it helps those assists numbers as well. All
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  right, Coach Luke Murray, thanks much, appreciate it, good job.
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  I just come back so