By james art 
Monday afternoon, Western Virginia The chief basketball coach Darian Devris met with the media to discuss more about what went wrong with the loss of Texas Tech on Saturday as he looked at what needs to change in the future.
“I think sometimes these were different things. The next evening I thought we were guarding the technology really well during the first 15 minutes of the game, and sometimes it has as much to do with our crime as our protection, but in this particular case they went into transition and that hurt us. And then the second half, they really hurt us inside and in the interior. It was the technological power of Texas at what they were doing. There were other games where we might put them on the free throws or they go down and enter our paint. It was a combination of things, but when our protection is good, we are usually exactly where we should be. “
“Our only communication with our team is that you are playing for something right now. And at the moment, if the season is over today, most people would agree that we are in the tournament. We just have to continue to make our role and know that these are meaningful games and find ways to try to continue to win there. Our next goal is to try to do it against TCU. “
“Our approach was the same as you should continue to be aggressive as a goalkeeper, as a playmaker. We had to try to adjust some of our crime to turn it on, and then move a little so that the teams would take it out of the ball to bring it back to it. We are trying to understand it where the defense has to chase him a little more and we can create an advantage for him. Sometimes it was good for us, sometimes it was really difficult for us to take a few pictures because he commanded so much attention. I think he did very well. “
“I don’t think it’s just Toby, whenever we get this second and third person, it’s a huge deal for our crime. Whether it’s Joe (Yesufu), JP (Jonathan Powell), or Toby or Amani (Hansbury) – any one – just getting a combination of boys where they make us eight to twelve points make such a difference for us S That is why we continue to try to find these guys and keep them confident. I think when Toby is in the best case, he gets a little of everything. He gets us an offensive rebound, he raises us a publication, he goes into transition – this makes it so effective. “
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