That's our biggest challenge and I don't mind saying I think it's going to be really hard. But one thing I've always been impressed by is how young people are much more resilient than older ones. |
There have been some things said. I just talked to our players about it, and we have to hold our composure. We did not appreciate the comments, nor did we like the comments toward the Valley. But we're not going to get into a war of words. |
There's great things going on in this conference right now, guys. It's unbelievable what's going on in the Valley. I hope when you leave here today that you talk about it . . . I'm talking about Sound of Music stuff, get on that mountaintop and sing your tail off. |
They average (27) 3-point attempts a game and, to put that in perspective, that's 10 more than we average. |
They really sped the game up for us. Blake was so sped up a couple of times when he shot, I thought he'd had two Mountain Dews. |
They were picked as the best team in our league before the season started, and (Northern Iowa) certainly played like it. They played with a sense of urgency. |
They're similar in style of play to Drake. Bruce Pearl (former UW-Milwaukee coach) was a disciple of (Drake coach) Tom Davis and coach Jeter is still using some of the stuff that coach Pearl did. |
This team deserved something like this after what happened on (Selection) Sunday. |
We always talk about equal selection and how it's fair to all the conferences and schools. Well, (the selection committee has) a chance to prove it. |
We are probably a mid-major conference in most of our other sports, but in men's basketball we are obviously a high-major conference. It's the sixth best conference in the country, and there should be talk of five teams going into the NCAA Tournament. Whether we get that or not, we deserve the attention. |
We felt good at halftime. We just chose a bad time to not make our shots and ... we fed the piranhas out there. We couldn't do that. |
We had the ball to start the half and ran a set play and we couldn't execute the play. If we can't remember a play to start the half, it's going to be a long night. |
We have a student body that is fired up about Bears basketball. It's a whole different level, the best our students have been since I've been here. This is a big game. |
We just couldn't make shots. |
We just couldn't make shots. It was like we fed the piranhas. We couldn't do that. |