What Tommy Lloyd, Caleb Love and Henri Veesaar said after Arizona Wildcats’ victory at Byu

Arizona has its second 5-game victory in Big 12 Play, this current by-product of two emotional road gains in the last four days. Wildcats are 5-1 on the road in the league, and apart from a bad last five minutes at Texas Tech, he has seen incredibly clear away from home.

“Our theme for the week was habits and what opportunity to test your habits in a hostile environment,” UA trainer Tommy Lloyd Said after the 85-74 victory at Byu. “Do you want to be rattled? Do you want to lose focus on the game plan or who you are when the amount gets started or they make a shot or the referee calls and what an opportunity to practice your habits. And we were able to do it today in a fantastic atmosphere. “

Our game overview can be found here. Below is what lloyd, guard Caleb Love and center Henri Veesaar said afterwards:

Lloyd on Arizona’s game of late: “They play so much better than I coach now, it’s not even close, and that’s when you know you got a good team. I’m really proud of these guys for how they reacted, but we got movies that came up and we got a big game on Saturday, so there’s no one up. “

On playing at Byu: “It is an honor and privilege to compete here. I have played here many times and you always cherish the opportunity to play in a place like this. Fortunately, I’ve been to Gonzaga and Arizona, so when I get hit, the game meant something and fans have always been fantastic and it’s always been something we look forward to. “

On Jaden Bradley: “Jaden is becoming the complete Point Guard. He understands winning. We worked early on it and he is such a compatible player and person, it was just finding out that balance between how aggressive you need to be early, versus running your team. And I think he has really settled down in a sweet place where he just runs the team and he just literally plays the right game every single time. I told him he is a way better point guard than I am a coach and thanks for that. “

On his message to the team at the break: “I said guys, it’s 41-41. We played a hell of a half in a hell of an environment. There was no switch for flip, let’s just go out of possession and win the game. I didn’t have to talk to JB and pull him aside and say hello, be more aggressive, not like that because he knows what to do to win. And when you have it as a coach, what a luxury. “

By defending Byu down the stretch: “Honestly, we held on to our plan. We knew they would run a lot of atos and kinds of counters for actions and similar things. In a 2-day scout report, you are kind of first to play against a coach and a new team at a new conference. You don’t have all tales or trends. You just have to trust the players. And I saw out there some of the actions and counters they ran from our end, and literally solved our guys on their own and which was fantastic. They just didn’t get many good shots, and maybe they had a few okay, they missed them and we were able to get rebound. “

On not calling a timeout as Byu re -enter the lead in 2^nd half: “I trust my guys. I will never be the first guy calling a timeout. It’s kind of the old Phil Jackson thing, right? As if you will, if you have to. I mean, you have to swallow your pride sometimes. But I trust these guys find out. To me, what is more powerful than one time -out is an answer. I think they made a big 3, and then I think Caleb made a big 3. It’s far more powerful than me calling a timeout and I’ve always believed it. I just trust it. I had my timeouts in my mind all night when I was going to complete them, but it looked like we just didn’t need them. And I felt a little at the rhythm of the game. I wouldn’t make the game incoherent because I liked the feeling of how it went. “

By keeping the feelings in chess: “One of the things we have really worked on and because our guys are susceptible to someone is the festivities of your team, and for your fans is far more powerful than for the other bench or to your opponent or talking the trash. And it’s a nice line because if the game is an emotional game and what we see on TV. So I give Caleb a million percent credit because I knew exactly what he was doing. He just looked at our bench, he said everyone was relaxing. We are doing well. And when you have a player like the one who sends this message, rather than celebrating for his own gratitude or his own feelings for fans, it’s when you know you got something. So I’m really proud of the progress these guys have made in this area. Because you know what, we have had a few events this year where it may not have gone as we would like some of these parties. So it was a big step for our team today. “

By walking 36 out of 39 from the line on Road Trip: “I thought we should be a good free throwing shooting all the time. Some days you aren’t, but I think I generally thought we would do fine and I think that’s what we show. “

On Bradley’s free throw: “Many of them came under one-and-one, and when you have a veteran guard and you go up four to six, six to eight. I mean it’s massive free throw, because if you miss the first one is an empty possession. If you make your one-one when you try to do it, I don’t know if it’s close to the game, but managing a game, it’s so important and for him to do it was really great. “

Love at the Marriott Center: “It was a good environment. It was fun to play in. We just had to come in and embrace it. Get steady during the chaos of the game. Get ready, just stick to the game plan. We made plays down the stretch at both ends of the floor to put us in front of the basket. They threw strokes, but we also threw ours. We made acting. The guys stayed to the plan. We rebounded the ball big. We moved the ball and also shared the ball and we got good shots and good looks. “

On his shhh movement after the walk-ahead 3: “I didn’t really go to the crowd, I told my teammates we were good. As I said, in the chaos of the game you will be ready to get ready and my energy went to the team. “

Veesaar on his spectacle inside: “I feel like we just had good ball movement as a team, just as the guards gave me a big pocket pass, good passports, so they made my job really easy. I mostly had just layups and dunks. “

On the environment: “Byu has a big crowd, the fans got mad even before the game started, so it gave us a lot of energy, like being the villain.”