That is a lot of dollars. We care. I don't know if people understand what it is like living in Los Angeles compared with other college cities. It is expensive. Sometimes it gets tough for some players. I think if something like this, a fair stipend for everyone, was done, it would be appreciated. But players are careful when they talk about this. It's a tough call and I'm glad I'm not the one making the final one. My vote would be to do something, give something, anything. |
That says it all. The way we play on the defensive end. If you want to go back to November, it was nonexistent compared to what we do now. We're such a much better team. We're more of a collective unit. We play for each other. We've grown and gotten to know each other throughout the year. |
That was our goal, to keep them off-balance all game. We did a phenomenal job of that. I can't even explain how incredible this feels. Besides the guys in the locker room and our supporters, no one believed we could do it. To work our butts off and go through adversity and injuries all year long and have it pay off, it feels incredible. |
That was our key, just to keep 'em off balance all game. We did a phenomenal job. |
That was the toughest practice of my career and our best practice of the year. The emphasis was just playing as hard as you possibly could and really defending. That's what we've done and we haven't looked back after that. It's been incredible. |
That was the toughest practice of my career. After that, we shifted our focus and made a very concentrated effort on defense. |
That was the toughest practice of my career. Just the intensity level and the demands put on us by Coach Howland. |
That was the toughest practice of my career. The emphasis was just playing as hard as you could and really defending. That's what we've done. Sometimes we'll play in practice and neither team scores. There will be shot clock violations. We really defend. |
That's the only reason we're still alive is because we really believed it. Coach Howland has been preaching defense from Day 1. |
That's what's gotten us through all year. Whenever we've been struggling in any way, or even when we've been playing well, it's just been playing harder than our opponents and playing defense. |
That's what's gotten us to this point. There's no reason to change anything now. |
That's why we're so hard to beat now. We have a lot of guys who contribute. Luc has done a great job all year. He's just grown and accepted anything the coaches have asked him. |
The coaches kept yelling at me that big-time players make big-time plays. |
The only reason we're alive is because we really believe it. Coach Howland has been preaching defense since Day 1 and our level of focus has really risen. We really believe in what the coaching staff is teaching us. |
The way that we played in the first game at home is the way we should play every night. To have that to compare it to, that's what makes it hurt. |