When we shoot them like that, we can play with a lot of people. |
When we were up 20 with 2 to go, I said to myself 'Even I can't blow this one. It was nice to not have those gut-wrenching final seconds. |
When you play a team like Southern Illinois, you're looking in the mirror. They are a very good team that has had a very good season, or else we wouldn't be playing them. |
Where did Aldridge come from? He wasn't even in the picture. I thought we were going to win … and then all of a sudden Aldridge blocked it. |
With 5 seconds it's just very hard to match their quickness. |
You knew it was going to be a root canal that whole second half. You knew they were going to keep coming at you. Sometimes with a big lead, it's tougher. If you're up seven or eight, they might be more conservative. We got worn down by their waves, but at the end we were still standing. |
You knew it was going to be like a root canal in the second half. They just came after us with everything they had, but in the end we are still standing. You look at our players right now and we got ice bags all over the place, cramps all over the place, but we did not quit. So we keep on playing for at least one more game. |
You knew the second half was going to be a root canal. |
You knew the second half was going to be a root canal. They went after us with everything they had with their waves, and we got worn down, but we were still standing at the end. |