You had two guys who were fixtures at their universities. They're kind of institutions in their own right. The success of both of those guys and what they accomplished but also their teams' success, and that consistency fed into the rivalry also. |
You have to defend Geary Claxton with somebody like him, somebody 6-foot-5, 215. You've got to mirror him. If you go with too much size, he's going to use his quickness to get to the basket, post up and spin. If you go with someone smaller, he's just going to kill him on the boards. |
You keep playing because no one's going to have sympathy for you. At Southern Illinois, we had one guy miss two games in six years. We had a lot of success being injury-free. |
You must have people out there who can handle (the ball), pass it and shoot it (when playing against Northwestern's trap). Unfortunately, we don't have 13 guys who can do that. |
You really never know. They've taken a lot of good shots. I really don't think they're tired. We've got guys that can make shots. With good shooters, things will average themselves out. |
You'd like to be right there to make him put the ball on the floor or hesitate and we weren't. |