What we need is for each player to look at how Ike worked and progressed, ... He trusted our staff. He did the little things. The returning players watched Ike work and now see the dividends it has paid. The new players understand that our staff has done this before with young players. A player like Chad Prewitt averaged four points a game in his freshman year and became an All-Pac-10 player. |
When Jeff isn't in foul trouble, it changes everything. It allows everybody to settle in and play a role. |
With each game, I feel like we're getting better. That's the thing you have to do. Even as bad as we played in the first half against Iowa, I thought we began to improve in the second half. We learned some things. |
With him in the ballgame, we are a different basketball team. We have a place to go inside to get some baskets and rebounds and he alters shots. |
You can't let them go on a run like that, we knew that. That is why I called all of the timeouts, I was trying to keep the runs down, but I only had one timeout left. |
You have to beat them; they're not going to beat themselves because they're a very cerebral basketball team. They're not the most athletic team in the world, but they're going to negate your athletic ability by playing smart. |
You've got to have toughness, which they have. You've got to have athletic ability, and you've got to have experience. |