480 ordspråk av Bruce Weber
Bruce Weber
Their whole team scares you. They have some experience. They have some guys that have some talent. It's a little bit like Michigan. You're waiting for them to explode. With Minnesota, you don't know when it's going to happen, but it's possible it could any time.
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Then we'll be back in the office early in the morning and get started.
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There are a variety of things we'll change for this game.
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There are great memories there, there's no doubt. I remember looking out from the Marriott and seeing orange everywhere. It was amazing.
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There's a long way to go. We have to keep getting better. We can't be satisfied, but I don't think we are. This was just a great team effort all-around -- balanced offensively and a great defensive effort.
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There's no doubt any kid would love to play. But we needed games early, and now we need some practice time.
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There's no doubt it's huge that he stepped up. He's given us a chance to be a special team. You've to got to feel good as a team, but you feel bad for Rich (that the shot didn't count).
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These guys know how important it is. We're locked in. We've done a nice job. We can't let our offense affect our defense. We break down on the defensive end because somebody misses a shot and they don't run back. Or they don't communicate.
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These next two weeks we'll learn a lot,
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They celebrated that like they'd won the Big Ten. Of course, they probably knew that by winning there we had a good chance to win the Big Ten.
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They do things you don't see on a daily basis. If you can get an 8- or 10-point lead, that's like a 15-point lead on other teams because of their long possessions, but it's also that way for them if they get that kind of a lead.
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They don't have as many weapons. They had an inside threat in Hagen, and Robinson spread the defense outside. Now Grier's a marked man.
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They gave him an OK to get out of the boot,
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They had Grier out for a while. They probably had a bit of an identity without him. Then him coming back in, it just hasn't clicked.
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They have been up and down. They were just on the rise when we played them (winning 79-74 in Champaign on Jan. 14). Everyone said, 'If they get it together and start playing well, they could be tough to deal with.' They battled us and it came down to the end of the game. Then they won five in a row and it looked like they would be flying high. Then the injuries happened.
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