CCSU Head Coach Pat Sellers on CCSU's Victory Over Rutgers

"Just a really great effort by our guys. We had a group tonight — the whole team throughout — that paid attention to our scouting report. I thought Lenny Jefferson, one of our assistants, did a great job scouting the game, and our guys really paid attention to it. We mixed in man and zone most of the night and kept them off balance offensively.

"These two guys [Jay Rodgers and Max Frazier], along with Darren Smith, were really, really good. I've said it all the time: we have grown men with basketball IQ and offense, and they know how to play with each other. A lot of the time when you watch us play, we're not even running a set — we're just playing basketball. We get into it, we get the ball ahead, and then we just start playing.

"We put it in this guy's hands right here, Jay Rodgers, and he kind of picks and chooses what happens on offense. It really helps us. Darren Smith did a really good job out there. Melo Sanchez — he brings a lot of gravity to him and Smitty [Darren Smith Jr.] because they can both shoot, so it opens up the floor, and Max [Frazier] gets a lot of lobs, as you can see. And Jay delivers them. So I was really proud of the guys."

Coach Sellers on Rutgers:

"I'll say this about Rutgers: I think they have a really good team. It's like every team across the country — everybody has ten new guys. We have ten new guys too, but luckily we had these guys, Smitty, Max Frazier and Jay Rodgers, who have been here a couple years. That's the difference. They've been around and know how to play with each other.

"When you've got all these new guys, it's hard, and it's going to take a while to get it going. I know Coach Pikiell real well. I know as they go further into the season, this team will be a lot better as they go down the road."

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