Lamont Paris News Conference 10-12-2022
Oct 12, 2022, Head Men's Basketball Coach Lamont Paris meets with members of the media 10-12-2022GG Jackson tells us if he didn’t reclassify, he would have joined his former Ridge View coach Yerrick Stoneman at Oak Hil.l
Coach Paris reflects on his time at@BadgerMBB, and points out that 20–22-year-old fans in Wisconsin can only remember one year where the Badgers missed the NCAA Tournament.
With the Ebrima Dibba injury, Coach Paris expects OSU transfer Meechie Johnson to play some point, but also says this team may not have a traditional point guard role, but instead play more fluid offense.
Coach Paris with the Bruce Lee quote “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” Paris was describing finding his player's strengths, and utilizing those strengths.
Coach Paris says his team will be hard to score against, and that opponents won't be happy playing against them. He also points out that his teams historically play their best basketball towards the end of the season, steadily progressing throughout the year.
Coach Lamont Paris talks about his "system", how important defense is, and how he hopes to make decision-making "easy", or 'simplified" for his team. He wants his guys to understand the scheme, then be able to play freely on game day.