-Gates said they came out flat and takes full responsibility for it. He apologizes for their performance, especially in the first 10 minutes of the game. He said it's on him to figure out what to do to avoid that going forward.
-Gates said he was proud of Tamar Bates' performance outside of the six turnovers he had. He liked the effort from Mabor Majak while he was on the floor. And he thought Ant Robinson is getting back into a rhythm after going through his family matter.
-Gates thought they were losing the 50/50 balls early. He said Makhi Mitchell controlled the offensive glass.
-Bates said once the team lost those 50/50 balls, it allowed Arkansas to pour on the lead and it was hard to recover from it. He also said their turnovers led to a lot of baskets for Arkansas and that those take a lot from you.
-Bates said that Arkansas' defense is pretty good at protecting the rim, said Arkansas is No. 2 is blocked shots. The goal was to jump off of two feet once they got in the paint and that didn't happen often enough. He also said there were a few times the team, himself included, tried to draw a foul rather than focusing on the finish. Gates said with Arkansas' defense, you have to get the back line defender in rotation. They didn't do that in the first half, but did in the second half, which is why things opened up a bit.
-Gates was asked if there was anything they can hang their hat on during this rough stretch. He said he's liking what he's seeing in practice, it's just not translating to games. For example, he's told Nick Honor repeatedly that they're not going to win games if he's only taking four shots. He wants Nick to take 10 threes a night. Nick usually tells him that the looks he passes up are contested. But tonight, Gates thought both of the 3s he made were with a hand up.
-Asked Gates if Carter playing 3 minutes in the second half was due to injury or a coach's decision. He said it was the latter. Carter wasn't grabbing weakside rebounds that they needed. It's the same reason he pulled Aidan Shaw from the game.
-He went on to say that "they have to be participants in their own rescue." He wants his players to understand that nobody is going to have sympathy for them just because they have players hurt and they can't use that as an excuse. Nobody's going to save them, they have to find ways to win themselves.
-Gates said he was proud of Tamar Bates' performance outside of the six turnovers he had. He liked the effort from Mabor Majak while he was on the floor. And he thought Ant Robinson is getting back into a rhythm after going through his family matter.
-Gates thought they were losing the 50/50 balls early. He said Makhi Mitchell controlled the offensive glass.
-Bates said once the team lost those 50/50 balls, it allowed Arkansas to pour on the lead and it was hard to recover from it. He also said their turnovers led to a lot of baskets for Arkansas and that those take a lot from you.
-Bates said that Arkansas' defense is pretty good at protecting the rim, said Arkansas is No. 2 is blocked shots. The goal was to jump off of two feet once they got in the paint and that didn't happen often enough. He also said there were a few times the team, himself included, tried to draw a foul rather than focusing on the finish. Gates said with Arkansas' defense, you have to get the back line defender in rotation. They didn't do that in the first half, but did in the second half, which is why things opened up a bit.
-Gates was asked if there was anything they can hang their hat on during this rough stretch. He said he's liking what he's seeing in practice, it's just not translating to games. For example, he's told Nick Honor repeatedly that they're not going to win games if he's only taking four shots. He wants Nick to take 10 threes a night. Nick usually tells him that the looks he passes up are contested. But tonight, Gates thought both of the 3s he made were with a hand up.
-Asked Gates if Carter playing 3 minutes in the second half was due to injury or a coach's decision. He said it was the latter. Carter wasn't grabbing weakside rebounds that they needed. It's the same reason he pulled Aidan Shaw from the game.
-He went on to say that "they have to be participants in their own rescue." He wants his players to understand that nobody is going to have sympathy for them just because they have players hurt and they can't use that as an excuse. Nobody's going to save them, they have to find ways to win themselves.
