Dec. 2, 2011

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HEAD COACH John Thompson III

On Georgetown's final possession:

"Basically, we tried to get three guys on one side of the court. We wanted to get Jason Clark to come off the screen set by Henry Sims. We knew we were in the one-and-one, and tried to get the ball as close to the basket as possible. If not, we'd try and get Hollis to move into the inside paint, and then get him to transition into the corner. We couldn't get the first part of the play done. They defended the first part very well but Hollis was able to get open and do what Hollis does."

On Georgetown's zone defense:

"It worked very well. I think that our guys were pretty attentive to their scorers. That's a tough team in Alabama. Nothing comes easy when your team is on offense. They're a very good defensive team. You have to stay focused and do things correctly or you'll start taking bad shots. At the offensive end, they do a very good job of getting the shots they want. I thought our guys were attentive to their scorers but had a few lapses at times. We have to get better at rebounding out of the zone. There were key points in the game where we had good defensive possession but couldn't grab the rebound. Overall, our guys were attentive in the zone defense."

On their team's early success:

"I'm not sure. This is our third game against a team in the Top 15 so we've had a few tests and battles. To come in here and win against a team that's so well coached; on a court where they don't lose is a huge win for our group. I don't want to get into where we thought we would be at this time. Our guys have a lot of room for growth. We're playing a lot of young guys and they're going to have to help us before the season is over. All our guys are going to have to stay hungry in order to improve. I'm not looking into trajectories or anything like that. We need to take care of ourselves and everything else will fall into place."

On the play of Tony Mitchell:

"Tony Mitchel is a terrific basketball player. I haven't checked the numbers yet. 20 points. That's a good game, huh? He's a diverse player. He can do a lot of different things and is very explosive. Coach Grant does a great job of getting the ball to him in order for them to have success."

No. 01, Hollis Thompson, Forward

How was the final shot executed:

"Well, pretty much like coach said, we drew a play trying to penetrate and they played it pretty well, so, we just drove it, and driving it was pretty much the basic offense."

If Thompson knew it was going in when he shot it:

"Yes."

No. 21, Jason Clark, Guard

Alabama was a very resilient team, how do you look at them:

"We knew they were a tough team. We knew that they weren't going to just roll over. But, we just had to stick together. We told ourselves that we are going to stick together, keep playing our offense, keep playing defense, and just play it until the clock ran out."

No. 14, Henry Sims, Center

Talk about your team as a whole and is there room for growth:

"We're definitely not where we want to be, because it's the beginning of the season. Like coach said, we have a lot of things to improve on. But, the team plays hard, and that's a start."