Everyone's a Gonzaga now. Everyone has a chance to beat us. |
Guys made shots tonight. It didn't have to be a 'Brandon Roy makes shots down the stretch' night, and that's fine with me. |
He allows his players to play in up-tempo situations, and he's cool off the court. The team's game is up, and he makes basketball look fun. |
He came out like a wild man. |
He just couldn't get in the groove tonight. I have to thank my teammates for that. |
He knows I won't hesitate to pass the ball to somebody else to hit the game-winning shot. He knows I just want to win. |
He was a star before a lot of those guys were stars. We saw a tape of his eighth-grade team with Tyson Chandler and Josh Childress, and he was the best guy on the team. |
He's a good player. But I still think we should have beaten them. |
He's back to being scrappy-tough, and that's the makeup of our team. When we stop doing that, we're not very good. He understands that. We need him 100 percent going hard, and he knows that. |
He's labeled as a freshman, but we don't look at him as a freshman anymore. He's not afraid. The kid's a warrior. When he hit that shot, came back and knocked his free throw down, that really made us feel like we had a chance to win this game. He stepped up big time. |
He's made me a better player over four seasons. All summer, we played pick-up basketball and we'd match up against one another. When I penetrate to the basket, there are times when he stops me. His ability to guard big men and small guys definitely helps. |
He's not afraid. In late-game situations, I look over there and he wants the ball. |
He's still a sophomore. He's had good games. He's a good player. As he gets older, he'll do more. Big guys can do it, but it's hard for a guard to come in and dominate this conference. |
He's the key to their team. If he can't get going, it'll be a tough night for everybody. |
Hopefully we can repeat what last year's team did and win the Pac-10 tournament. But the goal of chasing last year's team is over. We feel like this team can do some special things in the NCAA tournament. |