Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
After waiting nearly a week to find out who they will play next and where, the Wright State Raiders did not have much time to learn much about Clemson — or to get there.
That was OK with coach Scott Nagy.
“Sometimes that’s probably good,” he said Monday as the seventh-seeded Raiders prepared to leave for a matchup with the second-seeded Tigers on their home floor Tuesday night in the first round of the NIT. “Less thinking and more just reacting.”
The Raiders (21-13) last played last Tuesday, a 77-66 loss to Northern Kentucky in the Horizon League tournament championship game.
That was a deflating defeat — one that denied the Raiders a second consecutive NCAA tournament berth — but Nagy feels his team had enough time to mentally prepare for what’s next.
“I don’t know if it will ever be completely gone, but you have to deal with disappointment,” he said. “We talked about going into your next challenge you can either do it from a position of strength or a position of weakness depending on what happened.
“I think for every team that’s in the NIT, it’s how quickly can you get over the fact you’re not in the NCAA (tournament) and get yourself focused to play well.”
