They're very big, and we can't change that, so we've got to figure out what we need to do to try to play the other end of it. We'll try to bring our posts away from the basket, make them guard on the perimeter maybe a little bit more than they're used to. |
This is very important for our confidence. We've been playing well, just not able to win, but we finally did and it should be a little easier to get them to practice on Monday. |
Those are the kinds of things we point out to our guys. But you want them to be confident, so it's a fine line you have to walk. |
Those are things that people don't see, but for us, we know they're there now. I can tell those guys, 'I want you here today at 2:45.' Well, everybody's here at 2:45, because we just have that chemistry now. |
Those two guards are very, very good for them. They make a lot of plays. |
Three of those guys are fifth-year guys. We're not that. Sometimes experience plays a critical part in this thing. |
Thursday's going to be first game on the road in the Big Ten. We've got some guys that have played in the league and we've got to get the younger guys ready to go. We've got to get better. |
Travis finally broke out of it. He hasn't been playing particularly well, and Claxton was a warrior all night. |
Travis has been good for us academically, socially and basketball-wise. He's been a model student-athlete here. |
Travis has realized that this thing is coming to an end. He's played tremendously, him and Geary both. |
Two of them are in the game at all times. We gotta cover those two guys, but it's not like it's a crazy number of threes they're making. |
We are thrilled. We are excited. We are happy. |
We came out ready to play and we got a pretty good start. The first 10 minutes of the game I thought we did a pretty good job. |
We can't get that back. [But] you can try to get the bad taste out of your mouth in three days. |
We challenged their shooters pretty well. |