Quinn CostelloAfter the gameMarquette at MichiganGame page →
Key quotes
- “That's just not a good look. And obviously, we're going into every game with the same mindset, like trying to come out with the win.”Q4 ↓
- “It's like smaller guards and stuff. So that's a big point of improvement for me.”Q17 ↓
- “So I think just like a mutual understanding of that has helped a lot.”Q3 ↓
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Q3 Being ready for the full game
You, really, Quinn, in terms of the discussions about changing that around, what is the benefit of all of you being ready to go for the whole game?
I mean, I've always been like a pretty good shooter like that. I think that's always been like my calling card. I mean, just like the amount of reps I had in the back gym at Harvard University with my dad growing up, all throughout, like starting freshman year of high school and everything. I think it was just like, it was a little natural to me, but it definitely took some work.
You learned about it. I've always— that's something I've always tried to improve on.
Yeah, I think just me coming off screens, I think they were bringing 2 to the ball and like the slips were there. And I would say I was a pretty high IQ guy, so just trying to make the right read.
I'm pretty comfortable. Like, I think I do a lot of— I mean, I don't do a lot of ball screening practice, but I do a lot of like coming off ball screens and stuff like that with the bigs, catching it and playing with them. So just them being able to accept physical screens to get me open, they started to understand like that is what gets them open too, to come to me. So I think just like a mutual understanding of that has helped a lot.
Q4 Importance of first win
I think it was This game feels— Very early season. But did it feel important, I guess, for you after a full year to drop your first one like in the Grand Slam?
For sure, yeah. I mean, we talked about it. We did not want to be 1-2 coming out of today. That's just not a good look. And obviously, we're going into every game with the same mindset, like trying to come out with the win. So I think kind of every game is just important as the next. Yeah, that's kind of how we look at it.
Q17 Defensive comfort at 3 or 4
I know you guys believe in a lot of interchangeable parts and positions. Yeah. I mean, is there like— do you feel more comfortable like defensively at 4 or 3? We still bring maybe your
I mean, I think the 3 and the 4 are pretty interchangeable. So like, fouling does a huge difference. I mean, obviously, like, guarding a smaller guard from a bigger wing is completely different things. But I've been working on it a lot.
Like I said, I like pretty much every day after practice, I've been working on like situations where I'm isolated and like got to stay in front of it. It's like smaller guards and stuff. So that's a big point of improvement for me. And that's what I've been working on.
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