They have a couple of great shooters, and we have to get out and contest their shots. And they have a big guy down low that is going to be a handful. |
They matched everything we did. We made a run. They came out and stopped it. If we missed a wide-open shot, they came down to score. The transition, they got the stops when they needed to, and they grabbed the big rebounds at the times that they did. |
They remind me of us. They didn't quit. They kept fighting. They're a tough team. |
We are here to take care of business. |
We definitely both like to run down the court. It's not like BC, where they like to slow the game down. It's definitely going to be up and down. That's the style of play that we like to play. |
We didn't sit back and start thinking we were going to lose. We talked in the huddle, and everybody said that we just had to stay calm and not panic. We knew they would make a run. Once you panic, bad things happen. |
We don't have too many games here, but if the fans can come out like they did [Saturday] and show the support that they did, that would be great. |
We feel we played a great game. Not many teams can shoot 31 percent and win the game. |
We feel we played well, especially defensively. We felt we played a great game. |
We had a chance to see a lot of different styles of play and you had to adapt to the different style each team plays. That?s going to help us come tournament time because the game in the Pac-10 is different from the Big East and we know how to adapt to the different styles. I?m glad I had that opportunity. |
We hit a lot of shots early and once you hit shots early, you get a lot of confidence as a team. |
We just feed off each other. Sometimes Randy gets it going and everyone on the team knows that and we'll try to find him. Sometimes Mike (Nardi) gets it going and we find him. Sometimes I get it going and everyone finds me. |
We just weren't being as aggressive on defense and we normally are. We needed to turn it up in the second half. |
We knew about Monmouth, we knew they were a very good team. We definitely didn't underestimate them. |
We knew we never should have been in that position last year anyway for the game to be decided on that call. |