Kenny Hasbrouck, Siena: Tournament Talk Q&A
Collegehoops.net's Jon Teitel is in Philadelphia all week bringing you live coverage and interviews from one of the opening weekend's most intriguing venues.
Kenny Hasbrouck, Sr, G, Siena
Q: What did you learn from playing in last year’s NCAA tourney?
A: We learned that every possession counts. In our win over Vanderbilt,
we buckled down on defense. In our loss to Villanova, we did not
capitalize on the turnovers that we forced.
Q: How do you feel about your #9 seed (highest in school history), and
about playing Ohio State in Dayton?
A: We feel good about the match-up. They are good and have a lot of
talent, but they are very beatable, and we match-up well with the
backcourt we have. It will just be another tough road game for us.
Q: What did you learn from your non-conference schedule (lost to
Tennessee/Pitt/Kansas)?
A: We gained confidence that we can beat the good teams. I was in a
slump for our losses to the 3 best teams on our schedule. Our opponents
had some small runs that gave them the win, but we played them tough.
Q: What are your team’s strengths/weaknesses?
A: We just have to play our type of ball (running up and down the
court), but all the big-time teams have big players.
Q: How do you maintain your offensive balance with several
upperclassmen?
A: We’re not selfish, so if someone has the hot hand, then we are fine
with them scoring 30 and everyone else getting 10, and our bench has
been good too.
Q: What did you learn from beating tourney teams like UNI and Cornell?
A: We just used the same type of game plan, and it was just easier to
execute because they are smaller than the top teams.
Q: Did you think Niagara should have made the NCAA tourney (Siena beat
them in January, lost to them in February, then beat them in March)?
A: They are hit or miss because they take a ton of threes. They can
score 100 points if they are on, but we just did not bring it for game
#2 because we had just clinched our conference regular season title.
Q: Why do you like playing for Coach McCaffery?
A: He is a great coach and a great recruiter, and that combination is
hard to find these days. He is a down to earth guy, which makes it easy
to play for him. He lets us play our game, rather than turning us into
someone we’re not.
Q: Since you were born in DC, what do you think of the DC basketball
scene?
A: Michael Beasley and Kevin Durant have shown just how good the area
is. It was so competitive growing up, as I played against a lot of stars
in this year’s tourney: Sam Young (Pitt), Ty Lawson (UNC), Arinze Onuaku
(Syracuse), Dante Cunningham (Villanova), etc.
Q: Since your teammate Ryan Rossiter’s brother Steve plays for Davidson,
are any of your players ready to play like Stephen Curry?
A: We don’t have anyone at Curry’s level, but we will try to make deep
run, and just have to put it all on the court.
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Jon attended college at the University of Pennsylvania (class of 1996) and law school at the University of Arizona (class of 2001), so his 2 favorite college teams are the Quakers and the Wildcats. While at Penn, Jon was the sports director of the school TV station, where he covered their 1994 and 1995 NCAA tournament appearances. He has also worked as a production assistant for ESPN, and a broadcast assistant for CBS during 2 different NCAA tournaments. He currently works as an investigator for the federal government in Washington, DC.
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