186 ordspråk av Matt Painter
Matt Painter
This is a very meaningful victory for us. After beating Minnesota we have made some improvements, but we didn't have anything to show for it. Now we have something to show for it and hopefully this can keep us going.
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This is one of those teams that, if the season ended today, I wouldn't pin (its success) on wins and losses. It would be pinned on the effort and continued fight to win games. I'm proud of our guys and proud they're not giving up under adverse conditions.
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Until you have that (road victory), I think it's a tough hurdle to get over. We haven't either. Hopefully, that will continue for them.
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We are a better team than we were two and one-half hours ago - there's no doubt about that. That is what we have to have going into the Northwestern game.
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We are gathering all the information we can about the events,
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We are really working on getting our guys to guard, to understand team defensive rules and then play with a high level of intensity and chase rebounds.
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We are still looking at several high school players who can play immediately and a handful of junior college players, ... We just need to get quality big men that can play from day one.
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We are still waiting with the Clearinghouse, ... We thought that we'd be able to say something at this point with Korey, we're still in the same position we were before. Just waiting on a finalization with him.
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We compounded our mistakes. At times, we simply couldn't pass and catch.
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We did think about Doyle. He has that old man game that you see with guys like that at 'noon' ball. But it's effective. He's a good player. That's just his style.
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We didn't disrupt anything they were doing.
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We don't see that pressure Illinois puts on you every day in practice. It is tough when your weakness is something you can't simulate in practice.
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We don't see the kind of pressure that Illinois puts on you. We can't get ready for that in practice.
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We don't talk about the adversity. We talk about the things that will help us improve and win. It's going to happen. And if it doesn't, we died trying.
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We had a great effort. We've struggled shooting the basketball the past four or five games. It's too bad, because these guys have worked hard to get better.
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