Sometimes experience plays a critical part in this game. |
That's kind of the thing going into it. I'm not as comfortable with right now as I wish I would be. |
The leadership is OK when things are going OK. When things aren't going so well, we get pretty quiet. |
The next 6-7 days are about us trying to show improvement. |
The players understand they didn't play a great second half. It's not the way we have to play in the Big Ten. You can't play one half and expect to win. |
The thing I'm trying to get these guys to realize is that we've had some opportunities that we really let slip by. |
The zone has been pretty good for us. We'll try to see what we can do with it (tonight). |
There a very dangerous team, they've got all the pieces there. They've kind of struggled here lately. You're kind of hoping the breakout game isn't against you. We've seen what they've done when they really played well. |
There are a lot of positive things you can look at. We've built a foundation and now have put the sides up. We just have to keep moving. |
There was no pressure on us; we're just coming down and playing. No one thought we could win, other than the 12 guys we've got and three or four coaches. There were 16 thousand people who thought Illinois would win. |
There were a lot of tears tears of joy finally, not of sadness. These kids have been through a lot, but they keep coming back for more. They've been very resilient all year. |
There's no defense for turnovers in the backcourt that lead to easy baskets. |
They beat us from start to finish. It was a great performance shooting the basketball. I've never seen a team shoot the ball they way they shot it. It just wasn't one guy, it was everybody. |
They blew the thing open in the first half, and just kind of cruised along in the second half. |
They're back on track. Our backs are against the wall every night out. |