Christian is going to get better and better. He's not done improving, and that's what gives him a great chance to get to the NBA. He's getting stronger, he's maturing as a basketball player, and I just see him getting better over the next four or five years. |
Esparza was sensational tonight. He had a monster game. |
He just hit one of those shots. You wish when you hit a shot like that you win a game rather than lose a game. |
He's a role player on our team, but I think sometimes he limits his role more than he should. |
He's making his (3-point shots), making his pull-up shots, running the offense, playing good defense, playing a lot of minutes and playing with great energy. I couldn't be happier with the way he's playing. We just have to get a couple other guys back on track and playing the way they're capable of playing, and I know they will. |
His defense and rebounding have been terrific. I've never seen him rebound the way he has during this stretch. |
I couldn't be more proud of our guys. A lot of teams drop down to .500 when they lose that many players. We didn't know what we were going to do early in the year, but these guys just battled, stayed tough and learned to win even when they don't play their best. |
I couldn't be prouder of the guys that participated the last two years. They set a great standard for our program. They're great role models and great kids. |
I don't know about them, but I sure am. I'm out for revenge. |
I don't know if we can play any better than we played tonight. Our guys took hits from them and kept on fighting. |
I don't want to get fined or anything, but it's a call you don't see much in college basketball. |
I like his heart, his effort, his athletic ability and his activeness. |
I think Karl Benson is really taking care of his guys, and I think there has to be more fairness in the way this is done. |
I think New Mexico State is a really good team. The way they're playing lately, this is going to be a heck of a game for us. |
I think they will be good, I just don't know how fast they'll be good. I don't know if early we'll be as good. I don't like to say we're not going to be as good. We'll be what we are. We'll work our tail off and try to win every game and see what happens. I didn't think we'd be 18-0 in league last year, either. |