I laughed and told him we had to get a new backboard. |
I like that. If you can't have fun - it's such a long season, you need to have fun along the way. But what I really like is when they know how to turn it on and when to turn it off. |
I love it when a player plays to exhaustion. If they are going hard and need to come out, I'll sub for them and put them back in the minute they say they're ready. |
I may have to scream a little bit. |
I may have to scream a little bit. I don't like to do it, especially late in the season. I can't let it slip by this time. |
I recruited (them) and I am very proud of them. |
I remember watching him go against Al McGuire as a young kid in the little gym. I didn't really like him at the time because I was a Marquette fan. But as I grew older, I grew to appreciate what he did and how he did it. It's amazing, when you think of their facilities, that he had the success he did. |
I said 'Get it done or I'm getting him out under 11. I don't want to take a risk of an injury or whatever. |
I said if I can ever help ... He's a good guy, it just never clicked there. |
I see things that I didn't remember -- plays that happened, little things, guys jumping up and down, celebrations, |
I set out eight chairs and called some plays five on zero. If they made a bucket, everyone had to get up. I blew the horn and subbed and they had to give high-fives. If someone was on the floor, everyone ran over and picked that guy up. If you had walked in you would have thought we were loony. |
I shouldn't have to (motivate his team) in this type of setting. That's why we're not a No. 1 or No. 2 seed (in the conference tournament), why we didn't win a Big Ten championship and why we're going home tomorrow. |
I think a lot of people thought we'd get to play closer to home. Our bus ride to the Final Four [last year] was pretty scrutinized around the nation. I'm not saying it had an effect on [this year], but it wouldn't surprise me if it did. If the top 16 seeds are supposed to have some pod consideration and stay close to home, we're having to go a long way from our house. I don't think the pod is working in that case. |
I think Brian is going to play, |
I think James is finding a little toughness. |