Everything Mike Boynton said after Oklahoma State’s 82-60 win over Ole Miss

“I thought he adjusted to the game pretty well. It was kind of a question about how much do you prepare for non-conference team this time of year. We didn’t really know what they were going to do in terms of defending him. And obviously they started the game, double teaming him pretty aggressively. And he didn’t force it. He just made several plays, which helped make the game easier for him to score late, because he hit Woody (Newton) for a 3 and a couple guys on cuts for layups, and then they got to stop double-teaming and he was able to play in single coverage when he’s really good.”

“Yeah I mean, it’s really a more natural thing for him playing the four and being able to understand how defenses are defending away from him. So for instance, when when Tyreek (Smith) or Moussa (Cisse) are in there, they’re not natural cutters because they don’t start out on the permanent, anyway. So having him have a pretty good knack for when to cut and how to cut, and then watching him finish was really encouraging.”

“I thought we just let the game come to us. I didn’t feel like anybody really tried to force bad shots. Kind of just took the game at it came, and you see that kind of play out in the balance of the scoring. Even Avery (Anderson III) who scored a lot, just played to the aggressiveness of the other team and got himself to the free-throw line. I thought it was good to watch him make them all today.”

“I wanted to see us get back to guarding the way I know we’re capable of. And you know, again, I think there’s no question that everybody realizes the value that Moussa (Cisse) brings to our defense, because it allows you to do things in other places on the floor without having to concern yourself with, ‘If I get beat.’ You can be more aggressive on the ball, you can make trap some, knowing that — again, I think he had one block, but he probably changed four or five shots in there. People look for him. Usually you just try to figure out how to get to the rum and people look for him when he’s in there. So wanted to see us get back to guarding the way we’re capable of, and we did that.”

“He’s getting close. Again, it’s still obviously going to be a deal we monitor pretty closely, but he felt pretty good today. So, we thought we’d throw him out there and give him a shot to get a little bit of wind and his legs and go from there.”

“I feel defensively we have been simply very well linked. I feel the blokes have been actually protecting up for one another. And then one of many ways in which’s an indicator of that’s they have been enjoying towards a low clock lots. You know, taking pictures or not getting them off in any respect. Shot-clock violations are often a results of 5 guys being on the identical web page in rotations, difficult pictures, harassing the ball. 

“I didn’t even see, I’m assuming it was a monster block from Tyreek (Smith) that got the crowd going crazy. I didn’t see, my back was to the play. I just heard the reaction. But again, that’s an example of multiple guys taking that pride and getting the job done as a team.”

“… When we’re dialed in defensively, we’re a problem. Yeah, some struggles sometimes offensively. Defensively, even though nights when we don’t make them, we can give ourselves a chance on that end of the floor.”

“Stop turning the ball over. Keep it simple. I won’t say what I said, but that’s what I want them to do is just stop turning it over. Throw it to a guy in one of our jerseys. That’d be nice.”

“Again, I think we kind of reinvented ourselves a little bit in terms of how we played in the last four games, playing a little more small ball. And we say small-ball, Woody (Newton) is 6-8, so it’s not like he’s that much smaller than Kalib (Boone) playing the four. It’s just when you’re not playing with two traditional fives out there. And so our offense has gotten better in the last two weeks, which is something that this team needed.”

“I mean, it’s a point of pride. You know, I think it’s pretty universally accepted that our league this year is the best and it’s by a pretty significant margin. So, you know, to go out there and then play the games, head-to-head against another league which is considered pretty good and to have the results be what they were is pretty significant. I think no one in our league lost a home game, which is significant. And we won two on the road from what I understand. So, proud of those guys, but now we get to bump heads again for the next two months.”

“It’s something we can use. Again, I think the offensive improvement started in league play when we went smaller and we’re able to space the floor more. So there’s something to continue to build on. Ole Miss is good team, they got a lot of talented players over there. So I’m not gonna take anything away from what I guys did accomplish against a team that’s gonna win some games in that league.”

“We prepare for every game individually. And the object is just try to put the best game plan together to give yourself a chance to win. So I don’t want to say for sure how we’re going to play every game moving forward, because I don’t know. Every game in this league is a little bit different as well. How we play against our opponent in our next game may be different from how we play against the opponent we play next Saturday. So it’s got to be adaptable. And obviously we’ve got to continue to monitor his his overall health.”

“Yeah, I thought you know again, one of the challenges is the nature of how he plays, you’d like to be able to play him with two fouls as a senior, but he plays pretty aggressive regardless. So you try to keep them engaged and hopefully in the second half he can find some rhythm, which he did. So I was proud that he kept himself mentally in the right space when he was able to go back in there fresh. He was able to play with the aggression that we needed from him.”

“I do not even give a lot credence to the phrase ‘strain’ in any facet. I feel there is a duty to ensure you play the sport in a manner that the households which can be right here, really feel proud that they are linked to the varsity nonetheless. So, that is what it is about for me, you already know, we all the time need to win, you already know, and to offer your self the very best likelihood to win you bought to organize the precise manner. You obtained to know who you are going once more, perceive the scouting report, you bought to belief your coaching and you bought to have some enjoyable.

“So when you introduce pressure, I think it kind of makes it unnecessarily more difficult mentally than actually physically. So, I’ll say it again, I think the thing that I’m always so impressed by with these families is how much they love the school and this program still considering the life of someone they’d love dearly was lost while being associated here. So, always try to remind our guys that it’s bigger than us. It always is, but on a day like this even more so.”