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NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Regional Semifinal: Oregon St. vs Loyola Chicago Saturday, March 27, 2021 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA COACH TINKLE: We're playing with a lot of confidence on Bankers Life Fieldhouse both ends. And we're a pretty darned good defensive Oregon State Beavers team. And we showed that. And then timely baskets. Coach Wayne Tinkle I think early on we were a little caught in the moment. We weren't as sharp offensively, plus they're really good Sweet 16 Postgame Media Conference defensively. We heard about that and saw it in all the tape we watched. But we settled in. And there's no doubt in our guys' minds. They really Oregon State - 65, Loyola Chicago - 58 believe that this is their time. It's what we said before we left the locker room, that we're not going to get rattled. COACH TINKLE: All I want to say is can we cut in? That's This is our time. It's meant to be. Let's go play ball. And it. Go ahead, fire away. like I said, they were all very, very calm through it all. Q. Wayne, Ethan just seemed like he was calm out Q. You've been coaching a long time. This is one of there and just in control of everything. Where does the most historic runs in the history of the school. that come from? Where did it come from today and What's it like for you personally to be right in the where has it been coming from of late? middle of this and being a leader on the team? COACH TINKLE: I think he's a senior. He started every COACH TINKLE: Super proud. Just, you know, you look game for us. He took a lot of the brunt early on in the year at all we've had to deal with in our time at Oregon State for his team's play. And he's stepping up big time. And it's and especially this year. And our guys never wavered. our team overall has really played calm, through this run And we've had some hiccups obviously along the way. We and even the last month or so of league. talked about a turning point after the Arizona game at home, at Cal, having to really challenge some guys that We talked about keeping a free mind, playing hard, playing maybe were going to revert. together. There's so much trust in that locker room that it allows guys to, you know, to be -- like I said, their minds And the guys just bought in. And I'm proud of them. are clear. They're playing hard. They have each other's Personally I'll be able to think on it down the road. My back. If some guy's not having the night he typically does, family made me a T-shirt and they made them for our somebody else comes in, steps in. whole group, that talked, about I think on one side it said "Pac-12 12th" and then "March Madness 16th." And they Ethan, I mean, it's amazing all that he's been through and put my dad's initial on my right sleeve. And I wore that. the level that he's playing right now. And it's because of Normally I don't do that. the character he has, obviously the talent. And it's fun to watch. And he's been really fun to coach. And I don't But I had so much confidence and belief in this group, I know that he even came out tonight. I don't think he did. knew that this thing -- as good as Loyola is, man, as Couldn't be more proud. He's stepping up big time for us. well-coached -- I knew this thing was meant to be. I knew we were going to move on. I don't normally show that Q. Tonight your team was able to answer every big much emotion after a game, but I wanted them to know run and basket that Loyola had there in the second because they had no clue that I had that T-shirt on half. And that's been happening for a couple of weeks underneath. now. What is it about this team's resiliency that's allowed that to happen? So, there's a personal piece to it, but it's really about our 106073-1-1045 2021-03-27 21:51:00 GMT Page 1 of 3 guys and what they have been doing day in, day out that has us in this position. Q. Does the zone that you ran for a lot today have a name, play call? And what do you usually want to get Q. What does a win like this mean for the university -- out of that zone and kind of what did it give you today? for the program as a whole to have the basketball world talking about the Oregon State Beavers in the COACH TINKLE: You're not from Syracuse or Houston, way they haven't in a very long time? are you? COACH TINKLE: It's great. It's an incredible feeling. Q. I am not. I live in Chicago. Again, just all that we've been through, all that we've dealt with, I'll be honest. You hear some murmurs in the COACH TINKLE: No, I mean, listen, we've been running background when we're going through some things, but we this thing for a long time. I gotta give credit to Stew Morrill, knew as a staff and we knew the people in our foxhole. my years at Montana. I had a great assistant coach We're never going to waver. And we never cut any corners named Bill Evans. And he was a 1-1-3 matchup guy. We to try to win at all costs. had a great shot blocker named Brian Qvale, and he wanted him to go corner to corner to trap. And I said I We just kept our nose to the grind stone. We kept don't want our best shot blocker, even though he's athletic, challenging each other to do a better job on the road, leaving the rim. So we morphed together a couple of recruiting, in practice. Challenged the guys we had to different zones. That's about as in depth as far as I'll go. expect more, because -- and to be accountable because it would lead to something like this. And we've laid a lot of We've been good going man-to-man. It was so loud in the foundation over the course of the six and a half years. there today we missed a couple of those calls and gave them some easy looks. But the big thing is to get to And it's a credit to all those guys that were here before us shooters, pressure the ball. Everybody else is loaded. A to get to us this position. But I'll tell you, it's a great deal, lot of the same principles as our man. And I know they but we're not surprised. When you get a group that's got struggled with it for a while. And they're so sharp, they talent, but has heart talent and brains, that buys in, you can figured out part way a couple of the passes, pass against do incredible things. It's been a crazy right but we certainly our 1. obviously want to keep this thing going. Then we went 1-3-1 late to slow them down and try to Somebody asked me if I was going to be satisfied. Kind of catch them off guard. He made a great in-out pass for 3. challenged me. You probably are satisfied with Sweet 16, But our guys buy into that. We change defenses out of a couple wins, you know, and I almost wanted to jump timeouts because they're so good at dialing stuff up. And through the phone and knock him out. But he's a close our guys, if they don't respond and execute, then it's all for friend of mine. naught. But these guys aren't satisfied. They're not going to be. Q. You guys are 40 minutes from being the lowest We challenged them in the Pac-12 championship. Don't be seeded team ever to make the Final Four. Is that satisfied. something you've talked about at all over the last few days? I'm going to share this with you and I'm rambling. I was going for a walk through the convention center earlier this COACH TINKLE: No, to be honest. The guys pay morning, like I've been doing. And I believe his name is attention to all the media and, as much as we try to steer Tim Allen. I don't know if he's a volunteer but he's been them away from it, the social media, in particular. They working every day. And he threw something at me that just want to keep riding the wave. We did use the 12th -- was pretty cool. He said, Coach, do you know what the during the year, when we were picked 12th in the league. enemy of great is? And I said no. He says it's not bad. It's good enough. He said good enough is the enemy of great. Really haven't made a big deal about the 12th seed in the tournament.

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