Quotes: Mike Woodson offseason update at Huber's Winery
Mike Woodson addressed the media on Wednesday at Huber’s Winery in Border to provide an offseason update on IU basketball. Here’s a full transcript of his comments, via ASAP Sports: MIKE WOODSON: Let me just say that I’ve never been in this part of the country. MIKE WOODSON: Well, again, I took this job for one reason and it’s to win the Big Ten college and national titles. Again, the only thing I’m pushing is first thing’s first is trying to win a Big Ten title next season and once we get into tournament play, if we are fortunate enough to make that happen, then we’ll go from there. We are going to take it a game at a time and a practice at a time and just see where it leads us.
MIKE WOODSON: Well, again, that was the major piece to our puzzle, getting him back. So I came back home to Indianapolis and he made a decision to come back. MIKE WOODSON: There was an article that my wife sent me based on the past three or four years of Final Four teams and how they shot the three-ball and you know, we ended up 33 percent in shooting. I think when you shoot them, confidence has a lot to do with it. MIKE WOODSON: Well, I don’t know if the focus would be — I think you’ve got to balance it out. I would never get away from our defensive system and how hard I push guys to defend.
MIKE WOODSON: Let me say this, I had Amare and Melo in New York and both were inside and outside players. So I’ve got to get him more confident and I don’t think it’s going to take away from what he does on the low — I really don’t because he’s going to have opportunities to handle the ball. MIKE WOODSON: I couldn’t be more happy for a guy. So the Kentucky game is something that I’ve got to go back to the table with Cal.
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