Staying close to them and playing them is easier than some teams in this league, but beating them is a real challenge. That's what's so great about these tournaments, it's any given day. We played decent against them twice, but those things - throw them out. Just like you had to throw them out for the Michigan game, you throw that out now. |
That has as much impact as anything. He just never got his timing back until the last three weeks. |
That was a top-10 team against a team struggling and lacking confidence. This is a tough place to come in and have confidence. |
That was the first time any of us saw Vince back. His timing and his energy and his confidence were back. We went into this year knowing we were going to have to ride him, but he was kind of a broken horse. |
That's the best team we've seen this year. |
That's what struggling teams do; we didn't shoot the ball confidently. |
The league challenges you. This league may have one team or two that are down in a year, but it's never had a bottom half and a top half. You're not going to have five teams where you just roll through them. |
Their inside guys, I think, were huge. |
Their inside guys, I think, were huge. White, Kiefer and (Gary) Ware were more physical than we were and more aggressive than we were. |
Their role guys did the job. |
These are tough for coaches when you near the end with a team you enjoy coaching. I think they fought today. It was going to be a tough game for either (Jeff) Horner or Vince to lose. They both put on such great offensive performances. |
They came in and got into an offensive rhythm. Games like these aren't won or lost at the end against great teams. You can't let a team go on a run and expect to win. |
They just outplayed us down the stretch. That was the difference. |
They lost so much and they've almost changed their identity. They've gone almost full circle and now we're showing our team some of the things they're doing defensively. |
They really stayed together, which you have to do on the road. |