A lot of people would have said that. The thing that's changed is we're playing so much harder. Our intensity and effort is unbelievable right now, because we know how much is on the line. We definitely don't want to go home. |
Don't get me wrong, we still have a long road in front of us. We haven't done anything. We have a long way to get to the NCAA tournament. We've got so much work in front of us. |
Everyone was sitting around acting like we blew it. Everybody was like, 'Oh my God. We blew our opportunity to win.' But I looked at the guys and said, 'Come on, we have to stay with it. There's no way we come this far to have them take it from us.' We knew our game plan was going to pull us through. That's what happened. |
Exciting. We've got so much firepower coming back. Adding a couple new guys, especially Drew (Lavender). We can't wait to get him here. It's going to make things a whole lot easier for everybody. |
He has no class whatsoever. He's a great player. He made some great plays down the stretch. But the things he was saying were ridiculous. |
He still plays a huge role on this squad. Everyone looks to him and can see how the game could be easily taken away, so don't take it for granted. He's such a leader and we're so glad that he came along with us. |
He's a really good player. He can change speeds, and he can knock down the 3 or get to the basket. He's really a talented player. |
I can't even put it into words right now. It seems like it's all like a dream right now. The way things were going for us, it was like this season's a wrap. It's over. And we just dug ourselves out of it, hung together. Now, we're going to get our name called (today). I can't believe it. |
I give all the credit to Saint Louis. They did a great job contesting our shots and being real physical. |
I let my team down. I apologized to the guys in the locker room. I wasn't even attacking. I'm probably the main reason we were in the hole we were in. |
I remember talking at the beginning of the week about having a long road ahead of us. Now we have to get over the last hurdle. |
I told him to stop worrying so much about being a jump-shooter and to be a slasher. Use mid-range and get to the rim. He does a great job of getting to the basket. He does a good job of getting to the rim and finishing with the big guys. |
I told you all at the beginning of the week that we had a long road ahead of us. I really meant that. It wasn't going to be easy to get to the (NCAA) tournament with everything we were going through. We've got so much heart; we never gave up. It paid off for us in the right way. |
I was the last one to walk in, and I expected everybody to be jumping around. We were happy about our performance, but guys were like, 'Next game.' We have to keep working. |
I've been waiting for Coach to give me an opportunity (to play point guard). But if Dedrick is playing like that, we don't need to go to anybody else anymore. Johnny (Wolf) comes in and gives him some minutes when he gets tired, but when he's playing like this, we don't need anybody else. |