Colorado Head Coach Tad Boyle
Opening Statement
“We just got our a** kicked tonight guys. There’s no way to sugarcoat it. I wish I could. I don’t like to curse but I guess it’s a three-letter word (and) not a four-letter word, but we just got kicked tonight in every sense of the word. We weren’t ready to play. This started in practice yesterday. I saw it coming. I was hoping that our guys could maybe care enough to rebound the ball and execute a defensive game plan, but we were lifeless. We’ve got a bunch of guys right now that rely on their offense and rely on their shot going in to score the basketball to give them energy to play the game. We don’t have the maturity I thought we did. I thought we showed some maturity the last few games, but we don’t have the maturity to sustain it in terms of executing a defensive game plan and playing with energy. I’ve talked about it for the last three weeks. We’ve got to prepare ourselves to win games or win a game when the shots aren’t falling. Tonight was that night. We were unable to do it. We couldn’t guard. We couldn’t stop them. I’m going to get angry at our team and our players. Angry, and I’m angry right now. I’m going to get angry for three reasons. One is (the) lack of effort, which we showed tonight. Unacceptable. Two is (the) lack of concentration which we showed tonight, which is unacceptable. Three is selfishness. I don’t think we were selfish tonight, although I think we took more bad shots tonight than we’ve taken in the last three games combined. I’d love to look at the film to get those numbers. I don’t think selfishness is the issue but lack of concentration and lack of effort (are). That’s an issue and it started in practice yesterday. I don’t know if our guys think that people are going to give us wins because we’re at home. This is our fifth loss in this building. We’ve got great fans (and a) great student section. There’s no excuses for tonight. I’m the head coach, so I’m…