Washington Huskies Men’s Basketball head coach Mike Hopkins held his weekly press conference today on Montlake, to talk about their recent experience at the Vancouver Showcase Tournament. He also talked about taking the next step as a team, recent shooting woes and their upcoming matchup against Eastern Washington tomorrow night.
Here are things of note that he said…..
Coach Hop said congrats to UW Football on the Apple Cup!@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
He said thank god the UW Marching Band was ok from the Bus incident.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Hopkins said they watched film over the break. He said the defense looks good overall. Offensively they have to make some shots.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
He said shot selection and who they can get production from?@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Hopkins said other teams know that Dominic Green can shoot so its hard for him.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Coach Hop said they have really good shooters but the key is getting good shots.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Hopkins said Noah Dickerson is unstoppable in the post and a great foul shooter.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
He said sometimes the offense gets stagnant with lack of ball movement.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Coach Hop said they need to get more scoring from Matisse Thybulle.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
He said they run a motion offense to get everyone involved in the offense. Hopkins says fatigue is a huge factor in scoring the basketball.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
He said a shooter’s mentality is predicated off of how good of shape they are in.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Hopkins said they need to get into better shape as a team.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
He said shooting is all about the law of averages.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Hopkins said he put Hameir Wright into the starting lineup as a thought and tinkering with the lineup. Wanted to be better offensively at the start of games.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Hopkins said whatever is best for the team! 😉@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Coach Hop wants Sam Timmins to be more aggressive. When he isn’t playing well, he is too passive.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
He wants Timmins to get his confidence back through hard work and says he is the ultimate team guy!@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Hopkins said the tough thing with playing the freshman is the low margin for error in these games.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
He wants aggressive and confident play from the newcomers. Hopkins said they are getting better.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Coach Hop at the end of the day..Champions are Champions everyday and its all about the process.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
He said it’s about playing the right way every single day!@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Hopkins said Elijah Hardy is still out and healing. Waiting for the team doctor to OK him.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Coach Hop said that Eastern Washington has a really good coach. They execute well and move the ball.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 26, 2018
Below is the actual video of Mike Hopkin’s press conference today…..
