Northwestern University Athletics
Quotes From NU-Ohio State Men's Basketball
1/13/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 12, 2002
EVANSTON, Ill. -
COACHES QUOTES
Ohio State 55, Northwestern 48
January 12, 2002
Ohio State Head Coach Jim O'Brien
On tonight's victory...
"We say the same thing every time we come up here, that we have to be very happy to escape here with a win."
On the team's offensive performance...
"I think we had a lot of pretty good looks and we just didn't shoot the ball well. It was a struggle for us the whole game."
On playing Northwestern...
"These guys are hard to play against, I believe that. I believe that Bill Carmody is the perfect man for the job here."
On Tavaras Hardy...
"He's a problem for bigger guys to guard because he plays away from the basket."
Northwestern Head Coach Bill Carmody
On his team's performance...
"The effort was enough to get us a win, but the execution wasn't there."
On Ohio State's team...
"Ohio State is a good team. They made plays when they had to make plays. They got a lot of offensive rebounds and made a lot of hustle plays."
On free throw shooting...
"We missed so many foul shots. They did, too, but theirs were the kind that could ice the game and ours were the kind that could have kept us in the game."
On his team's shooting performance...
"You have to make shots. We got some pretty good looks in the first half but had a hard time knocking them down. Shooting is so important, and right now we are not a good shooting team."
