News Conference: Nevada First Round Preview

Joined picture Nevada student-athletes, D.J. TPEPB
TPHER, Cameron Oliver Oliver, Marcus marshal and
Jordan Carol line. Questions
Questions, please. Q. Marcus, going back to
when were you looking at school to transfer to, did
you ever look at TRAFG close to home? What was that
process like and how did you end up choosing Nevada?
MARCUS MARSHALL: Yeah. Originally I was
deciding on TRAFG closer to home but Coach muscle man
gave me a call a couple months after I decided to
transfer and I just liked what he talked about and he
told me he was going to change the program
around and as you can see it's heading in the right
direction so I'm glad I made my decision.
Q. What was your senior year been like with this
team? MARCUS MARSHALL: It's
been great. Obviously it's one of my best -- it is the
best college year I had as far as playing. I kind
of had an up and down college career. Just ending it
on a good note and winning a couple championships
and playing with these guys up here and having a chance
to play in my first NCAA Tournament is great.
Q. Just lastly what were some of the schools
closer to home were you thinking of TRAFG to?
MARCUS MARSHALL: Minnesota, Iowa, KRAEU ton,
actually looked at STWA*EUT which is kind of weird but
yeah, I mean I really don't think about it too much.
I'm happy with my decision to come to Nevada.
Q. Maybe for D.J. and KAPLT, seems like these
two teams are really similar in kind of how they like
the play and what they want to do on the basketball
court WHRAFPLT would you say is the biggest difference
between you and Iowa State? D.J. FENNER: I think
the biggest difference, I'm with these guys everyday so
obviously I'm bias. We work really hard. We're with
each other all the time on the court and off the court.
So I think we have a really high team chemistry,
forgot say that Iowa State doesn't, they're a great team
but just knowing these guys I play with and all my
brothers, we're really close on and off the court and
we play really hard. Q (By Cameron Oliver)
Piggyback what D.J. said. We travel together every single
today on the court and off the court. PR-FPLT our hard
work is going to be -- we showcase that a lot. We
never give up on anything we put our mind into. There's
no knocking Iowa State, I'm pretty sure they work as
hard was we do. I'm pretty sure we're a little bit
harder workers than who they are.
Q. D.J. you guys are OBLT the lower seed. Do
you TPHAOUG *P into this with nothing to lose or
different Coach? D.J. FENNER: We
approach this game like we approach every game. Expect to
go win and go out and play hard and give it our all.
Regardless if it's Iowa State, Colorado State, North
Carolina, doesn't matter, because we put play on the same
basketball court, dribble the same ball and go out
there to win and play hard.
Q. Fairly close to home for you Jordan are you
going to have a lot of family there, when you sawmill
what was your thought? JORDAN CAROLINE: You
know, I was excited. It's cold but my family can
travel. I have family here in Milwaukee, too. It's pretty
cool -- we'll have a good fan base at least from my
family here. Q. Marcus will you have
any friends or family make the trip out or do you
still have friends or family in the St. Paul area?
MARCUS MARSHALL: Obviously that's where I'm
from. I have a decent amount of family coming out.
Q (By The Moderator) Any other questions? Guys
Guys, thank you. Good luck tomorrow night.
THE MODERATOR: Questions for Nevada head
Coach Eric muscle man,
please. Q. Coach, going back to
Marcus's recruitment as he was looking to transfer, he
said he was looking to go back closer to home. How
were you able to convince him to Kmart and join your
program in AEURPBLGTS you don't think Nevada is that close
to mini April POE
license St. Paul? You know, I think that Marcus was -- he
might have wanted to stay closer to
home but I think he also was looking for certain things
things. He wanted take play in a system and a style
that RAOE SEPL PWELD the next level. His father was
involved in the recruiting and I think his father was
familiar with, you know, my dad's past, so to speak and
so once the more we started talking the more there was
a connection and he actually committed without coming
on a visit and then he committed verbally and then he
came on the visit. So, you know, just two
people the more we talked fill low solve if I can
HRAOE AOPB on what he was looking for and what we were
looking for, it's unique with a is it one, play
one and it was -- he was our first guy that committed to
us as a new staff. Q. Must have been a heck
of a phone call if he was able to --
COACH MUSSELMAN: It wasn't one phone call.
It was several. The more we talked and his dad got
involved, you know, he's a guy that, you know, to be
able to score like he has and contribute like he has
with just one year to play, because we centered a lot
of what we do around him. Q. You mentioned his dad
sort of knowing your dad's past. Is that from
Minnesota connection, do you think?
COACH MUSSELMAN: Yup. Yes, sir.
Q. What has he PWROEUT to your team? Obviously
the stats speak for themselves but what as he been able
to do in one year with you guys in?
COACH MUSSELMAN: I think the big thing was
last year because our guys had to guard him everyday in
practice he helped our team last year being on the
scout team and I thought that all of our three is it
out guys really contributed last year success just like
the four guys we have sitting out now.
But our guys knew coming into the year
because they faced Marcus on a daily basis in practice,
I think that they knew that they were going -- they
were adding a new guy this year that was really going
to score points for us and the thing that makes Marcus
really unique is he's an excellent pass serve, he's got
great court vision and he's really, really unselfish,
almost to a fault in the. In the Mountain West
tournament we would go to him over and over and over.
He defers a little too often at times. We talked to
him about trying to be a little bit more selfish when
we need buckets. Q. You guys have defended
the three well all year long. Obviously that's a
big aspect to their game game. What is it about you guys
that has been so successful there and how
important lit be tomorrow? COACH MUSSELMAN: We
understand that Iowa State with really, really shoot
the basketball and they do a great job of sharing the
ball and it's almost like the ball has eyes for them and
so we're going to just do what we've always done all
year and we'll designate who we feel their top 3-point
shooters are and try not to give up too much air space to
those guys and contest with the high hand and you know,
I don't think we do anything special defending the
36789 I think what we do do is we identify who we would
like to try to pay special attention to.
But we have TK-PB a really TKPW-D job of that
all year, of TPAOEUG, getting the guys
-- getting to guys as quick as we can before
they release the ball. Q. How crazy is the
season already been for hole license cook and what are you
kind of expecting for him down the road?
COACH MUSSELMAN: HAL license -- he's gone
through a lot, he's made the decision to come to Nevada
and then there was the, you know the heart situation
and through further tests and, you know, now he's
playing and practicing and he's happy but it was -- at
one point he was basically a student Coach/student
manager and had a great attitude through that really
difficult time until he was cleared to play again with
his heart and you know, he's a guy that's become close
with our coaching staff because he's been around us a
lot when he wasn't able to practice and you know, we're
just so happy for him and his family that he's been
cleared to play and you know, I think next year he's
going T-F a really big impact for us.
Q. Coach, how is Marcus approaching the
opportunity to go head to head with Monte Morris who is
widely known as WOFPBT top point guards in the country?
COACH MUSSELMAN: Our whole program has great
respect for what Monte has done as a basketball player
and you know, they're on TV a lot so our guys are
overly familiar with some of the personnel at Iowa
State because, again, we watch them on our off nights
and they're always on some network and you know, having
said that, I think Marcus gets up for every game. I
don't think that tomorrow is any different. I mean the
one thing we've tried to pride ourselves on is just
competing, doesn't TPHAERT who we play against and
Marcus is a guy who is a great competitor on both sides
of the ball. But, again, we
understand Marcus as well as the other guys will have to
defend Morris what a special player he is.
Q. Speaking of Monte Morris, what kind of pro
potential do you think he has? COACH MUSSELMAN: I'll
probably be able to TPEUF you a little bit better
feel after tomorrow when I see him live? On film, great
court vision, really un unselfish, maze other players
around him better, creates steals defensively. Can
knock down the three ball. Excellent splitting pick
and rolls. He's got the whole package. Rebounds for
his position. He's TKPW-T a really bright future
because of he's able to do so many things well. Again,
probably have a little bit better feel after seeing him
live put what I see on tape one of the best point
guards in the entire country
country. THE MODERATOR:
Anything else for Coach? Thank you. Good luck.

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