Coach Wright comments from BE Coaches media call today:
on Xavier ... and then Marquette:
"a great college basketball game at Xavier. Outstanding atmosphere. You have to credit Xavier and their fans. They made it a great place to play. Classy fans. I thought it was very classy and disciplined - everybody stayed in the stands - also, I don't think it was that big a deal for them - they were #5 and we were #1 so it wasn't that big of a deal but it was really cool. I thought they played great. There were a lot of little things that they did well that we didn't. Nothing major - just little areas of the defense - little areas of rebounding - little things they did offensively and they just combined to beat us.
And we have just as tough a game and just as tough an environment going up to Marquette. They are playing as well as anyone in our conference right now and their game against Creighton was really impressive. Their defensive performance and holding down Creighton's threes was impressive - they are playing great. It will be a big-time atmosphere and a heck of a game.
on Xavier ... and then Marquette:
"a great college basketball game at Xavier. Outstanding atmosphere. You have to credit Xavier and their fans. They made it a great place to play. Classy fans. I thought it was very classy and disciplined - everybody stayed in the stands - also, I don't think it was that big a deal for them - they were #5 and we were #1 so it wasn't that big of a deal but it was really cool. I thought they played great. There were a lot of little things that they did well that we didn't. Nothing major - just little areas of the defense - little areas of rebounding - little things they did offensively and they just combined to beat us.
And we have just as tough a game and just as tough an environment going up to Marquette. They are playing as well as anyone in our conference right now and their game against Creighton was really impressive. Their defensive performance and holding down Creighton's threes was impressive - they are playing great. It will be a big-time atmosphere and a heck of a game.
