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Postgame Quotes: Oklahoma State
November 20, 2017 | Cowboy Basketball
Oklahoma State Head Coach Mike Boynton:
On the game:
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"Texas A&M is a really good team first and foremost and credit to them, I don't know if that was their best game, but they played pretty well. Obviously, we didn't shoot the ball very well and they took advantage of that…They were just better than us today and the good thing about this setup is we get to bounce back tomorrow, pretty quick turnaround, but we've got to own the night that we were just beat and we have to get better tomorrow."
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On Texas A&M's first half offensive run:
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"A lot of their run was – we had some breakdowns defensively that we tried to execute from a schematic standpoint, but we just didn't execute and we've got to be better. We have to grow in that area. For the most part, we were guarding them pretty well for most of the half. Our defense was good enough. I disagree with my players when they say their offense didn't affect their mentality because I do think it affected them on the defensive end. You miss you're first one you're okay, but as you continue to miss shots I think psychologically they started to let up on the defensive end. You can't do that with a team like Texas A&M who has so many weapons. You have to continue to be mentally tough enough to sit down and guard when you aren't making shots."
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On playing in the Progressive Legends Classic at Barclays Center and the support from the crowd:
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"It was awesome. I was not focused on that too much to be honest. I know they were there and it felt good to have so much support here at the arena, but I was really focused on trying to get my team to win. I knew we were playing a really good team, in fact when the matchups came out I knew they were going to be good. They are in our region and we recruit against each other a lot and they have a lot of guys that we've watched develop over the last few years…It did feel good to hear some cheers, to have some familiarity here and it's something I hope we can do again."
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On the game:
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"Texas A&M is a really good team first and foremost and credit to them, I don't know if that was their best game, but they played pretty well. Obviously, we didn't shoot the ball very well and they took advantage of that…They were just better than us today and the good thing about this setup is we get to bounce back tomorrow, pretty quick turnaround, but we've got to own the night that we were just beat and we have to get better tomorrow."
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On Texas A&M's first half offensive run:
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"A lot of their run was – we had some breakdowns defensively that we tried to execute from a schematic standpoint, but we just didn't execute and we've got to be better. We have to grow in that area. For the most part, we were guarding them pretty well for most of the half. Our defense was good enough. I disagree with my players when they say their offense didn't affect their mentality because I do think it affected them on the defensive end. You miss you're first one you're okay, but as you continue to miss shots I think psychologically they started to let up on the defensive end. You can't do that with a team like Texas A&M who has so many weapons. You have to continue to be mentally tough enough to sit down and guard when you aren't making shots."
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On playing in the Progressive Legends Classic at Barclays Center and the support from the crowd:
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"It was awesome. I was not focused on that too much to be honest. I know they were there and it felt good to have so much support here at the arena, but I was really focused on trying to get my team to win. I knew we were playing a really good team, in fact when the matchups came out I knew they were going to be good. They are in our region and we recruit against each other a lot and they have a lot of guys that we've watched develop over the last few years…It did feel good to hear some cheers, to have some familiarity here and it's something I hope we can do again."
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