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TENNESSEE HEAD COACH Bruce Pearl
On Wichita State's Paul Miller
"He is a big lad. He does a terrific job of scoring down in the low post, he can score over either shoulder, and he's an excellent passer. I haven't seen many teams out in the Valley go out and double (team) him because he's such an effective passer, and he's poised. He's a real tough cover. They do a terrific job, both in their secondary offense, as well as (in) some of their sets, of getting him the ball, and with great spacing. He's going to be a challenge to cover one-on-one.
"They've got really good balance and I think that's the key. He does shoot a good percentage. He gets himself to the foul line a lot. In some of their bigger games, he's put up big numbers. A lot depends on what the defenses do, and you sort of scratch where it itches. If people show him a lot of attention, they've got talent off of the post that can also score."
On Wichita State's Sean Ogirri
"He's terrific. He's a great shooter. What a match-up with him and Chris Lofton tomorrow. I think he really enjoyed playing against an opponent that was outside the Missouri Valley Conference, from the stand point of that he got a few looks yesterday. And if he's looking at it, he's making it. How do they get him looks? You see who's setting the back screen on (Paul) Miller's man. He's (Sean) in there setting that screen a lot, and then he's popping out to the perimeter. They do a terrific job of putting his defender in a position where either you help off on the post, or you give up the three, and that's a good offense. Plus, in transition he's also pretty good. Tomorrow, chances are it could be a little bit more of an up tempo game, and we have to find him in transition because if he gets it down the floor he's going to make it."
From Witchita State
On Tennessee sophomore guard Chris Lofton
"The thing that really makes him tough is he just can make bad shots, and he's going to make a couple tomorrow. We're going to be draped all over him, and he's going to be fading back, and he's going to make a couple tough shots. Fortunately for us, that happens a lot, especially in our home building, and we've seen it a lot, so we won't get discouraged and we'll move on."
WICHITA STATE JUNIOR KARON BRADLEY
On Tennessee's full-court pressure
"We worked on it a little bit today in practice. They're similar to a team in our conference (Drake). We're going to do the same thing we did against Drake, so there are some similarities there."
I think Witchita State is going to come ready to play, but Bruce has got the team rolling now. We will beat them with no problem.
TENNESSEE HEAD COACH Bruce Pearl
On Wichita State's Paul Miller
"He is a big lad. He does a terrific job of scoring down in the low post, he can score over either shoulder, and he's an excellent passer. I haven't seen many teams out in the Valley go out and double (team) him because he's such an effective passer, and he's poised. He's a real tough cover. They do a terrific job, both in their secondary offense, as well as (in) some of their sets, of getting him the ball, and with great spacing. He's going to be a challenge to cover one-on-one.
"They've got really good balance and I think that's the key. He does shoot a good percentage. He gets himself to the foul line a lot. In some of their bigger games, he's put up big numbers. A lot depends on what the defenses do, and you sort of scratch where it itches. If people show him a lot of attention, they've got talent off of the post that can also score."
On Wichita State's Sean Ogirri
"He's terrific. He's a great shooter. What a match-up with him and Chris Lofton tomorrow. I think he really enjoyed playing against an opponent that was outside the Missouri Valley Conference, from the stand point of that he got a few looks yesterday. And if he's looking at it, he's making it. How do they get him looks? You see who's setting the back screen on (Paul) Miller's man. He's (Sean) in there setting that screen a lot, and then he's popping out to the perimeter. They do a terrific job of putting his defender in a position where either you help off on the post, or you give up the three, and that's a good offense. Plus, in transition he's also pretty good. Tomorrow, chances are it could be a little bit more of an up tempo game, and we have to find him in transition because if he gets it down the floor he's going to make it."
From Witchita State
On Tennessee sophomore guard Chris Lofton
"The thing that really makes him tough is he just can make bad shots, and he's going to make a couple tomorrow. We're going to be draped all over him, and he's going to be fading back, and he's going to make a couple tough shots. Fortunately for us, that happens a lot, especially in our home building, and we've seen it a lot, so we won't get discouraged and we'll move on."
WICHITA STATE JUNIOR KARON BRADLEY
On Tennessee's full-court pressure
"We worked on it a little bit today in practice. They're similar to a team in our conference (Drake). We're going to do the same thing we did against Drake, so there are some similarities there."
I think Witchita State is going to come ready to play, but Bruce has got the team rolling now. We will beat them with no problem.
