Watch Mark Few’s postgame press conference after Gonzaga’s 102-76 WCC victory over Pacific on Saturday, Feb. 17.
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00:00 >> The shot of season high 66% from the field,
00:03 what do you think of the execution on that side tonight?
00:06 >> I mean, our offense, we had a good week on offense,
00:10 when he went back to Kentucky on Saturday.
00:14 So our offense has been clicking really, really well.
00:18 Guys have been sharing it and just making the right pass while playing.
00:20 And then part of it's just stepping up and making shots.
00:23 Guys have done a nice job.
00:25 Nolan especially has really been hunting shots.
00:28 And obviously Graham's been delivering in there,
00:31 you know, you go nine for nine like that, that's a big time.
00:34 Especially he's got a lot of traffic in there.
00:36 >> Coach, Ryan's been doing it all season, but
00:40 it seems like lately he's finding guys facilitating even more.
00:44 Just how big has he been?
00:46 >> I mean, the guy has his numbers.
00:48 I got his ten assists, one turnover tonight, I think it was 11 assists,
00:53 maybe two or three turnovers the other day.
00:56 And then obviously he manages the Kentucky game just great.
00:59 And all the adversity they can bring with their size and athleticism.
01:04 So yeah, we've leaned on him really hard.
01:07 It was nice, he only played 34 minutes tonight.
01:09 So that's a nice little respite for him.
01:12 But yeah, I think he's figured guys out more.
01:16 We've figured out better actions and situations to put him in.
01:21 And I think everybody's much more on the same page.
01:26 >> Is Graham doing a better job of getting involved earlier, staying out of foul
01:29 trouble, making sure he can kind of play through the first half and serve himself?
01:33 >> Yeah, I mean, yeah, yeah.
01:38 I mean, he's obviously did better this time against Pacific than he did down there.
01:43 I think he was out after four minutes or something down there in the first half.
01:46 So he's doing a good job of, like I said,
01:51 there's a lot of traffic down there, a lot of congestion.
01:54 And guys are digging on him, but he's still kind of stepping through strongly with
01:59 the ball and delivering, not necessarily escaping in with some of these double teams.
02:04 So, and just being incredibly efficient, I mean, nine out of nine is something.
02:10 >> What you see from your defense tonight,
02:14 it seemed like after the first few minutes, Pacific had an answer for all of your shots.
02:19 >> Yeah, no, I mean, we're playing a lot of teams that play four guards and
02:27 spread us out and iso us, and we play two bigs.
02:32 So that's hard, trying to be in the gaps.
02:35 I think at times they hit a couple tough shots, so that skews the numbers a little
02:40 bit, but other times we're just not quite finishing off the plays.
02:46 So it's an area we just gotta try to continue to get better and better at here.
02:50 Start of the game was good, and even the start of the half was good, second half.
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02:58 >> Is Portland a little like that too, the way they play?
03:01 >> Yeah, very much so.
03:02 I mean, a lot of these teams are, even San Francisco is a little bit like that too.
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03:10 >> You brought a lot more help off the bench tonight in the last game.
03:13 How important is it for those guys to, I guess, get more comfortable here?
03:16 >> It certainly helps, as you guys are all very, very well aware of.
03:22 We've played those starters a lot of minutes, and
03:26 I think Luka's getting some good runs.
03:30 Obviously, Huff's been great all year.
03:32 We gotta get Dusty going, though.
03:34 We just gotta get him going a little more.
03:37 >> What's the key to doing that?
03:39 >> I have no idea.
03:39 If I had that answer, we'd have it solved right now.
03:43 So we need to be more assertive and more confident.
03:48 Hopefully, some good things will happen.
03:51 >> I need to see Andrew Amard back in the building tonight.
03:55 >> Yeah, it was great.
03:56 I got some good time with him this afternoon.
03:58 He's just such a great guy, just such a great zag.
04:01 It's just such an awesome family.
04:04 So yeah, it's always great when those guys come back.
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04:12 >> Any more for coach?
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