[We] played really, really hard. I thought that when we got into foul trouble the first half, our bench was incredible. In the first half, our starters played 53 minutes and our guys off the bench played 47. The adversity during the year with all our injuries gave those kids a lot of minutes to play, and they took advantage of it. So I have confidence in our guys one through 10. |
After further consultation, Josh's family wanted to get a second opinion. This is a common practice and the family felt this was best. |
Although we won by 12, the score was not indicative that we were pretty much in control the last 16, 17 minutes. It was fun. |
Any time you're the conference champion, you get probably more votes for your players. As it should be. |
Arizona has played the toughest schedule by far in our conference, playing some of the top teams in the country. (Olson) had done a good job of what works best. |
Arizona's an outstanding team. I have the utmost respect for coach (Lute) Olson. He's one of the great coaches of all time. |
Begged him. Begged him. Groveled with him. |
Bill is telling me I have to watch film. I'm not doing my job. |
Brandon is just absolutely terrific. Looking at the stats, it's amazing how good this kid is. |
Brandon Roy was terrific. It seemed like he was going to the line every possession. |
Coach is always there at the home games, sitting behind our bench. What was accomplished by John R. Wooden . . . will never, ever be seen again at the college level. They won 38 straight NCAA (Tournament) games in a row at one point . . . |
Coach is always there at the home games, sitting behind the bench. He's the greatest coach in the history of college basketball. |
Coach watches every game. I knew that and embraced it. He's the greatest coach in the history of basketball. What he did in college basketball will never be repeated. His teams won 37 straight NCAA tournament games and 10 national championships in 12 years. You know how everyone wants to be like Mike -- Michael Jordan -- as a player? Every coach wants to be like John. So I don't feel a shadow. I embrace it. |
Credit Florida. They are terrific. |
Crushed us. Handled us very easily. |