It was best that me and him not be in the same area. What he did was out of line. I can understand in terms of being emotional. But to just go out and take a shot at someone's face like that is not acceptable. I don't accept that and I don't appreciate it being a teammate. |
It's a huge stepping stone for this program to get that elite level where Washington basketball is mentioned with everyone else in the country. |
It's a long season and we are starting to wear down a little bit. But we've got to find whatever we need deep down to try to get this done. It's going to be tough. |
It's on me to be more focused and attentive in those situations. |
Last year, we kind of got lulled to sleep. We didn't play until Sunday, and we sat around for two days. |
The guy can do whatever he wants to do. I think if he was on a team where he was asked to shoot all the time, I think he could probably average somewhere close to 40 points per game because he has that ability to score at will when he wants to. |
There's no question. We're an NCAA tournament team. |
They hit a great shot, and they made the plays in overtime. |
They weren't doubling me at the time. I felt I had the advantage against...I don't even know who was guarding me. I took advantage of that opportunity. |
They've done it, and now here's our opportunity to do it against a team that's done it before. This is one of those barriers this university has not gotten over. We have an opportunity to get that out of the way and move on. |
We have a lot of big dudes, and that's different. We got a lot of big guards. We're able to do things now that we weren't able to do last year. We're more of a well-rounded team. Last year, Will and Nate didn't post up. Now we have four players in the starting lineup that (post up) and just one that doesn't do that -- Justin. |
We haven't had very many road tests, and that's starting to catch up with us a little bit. |
We never lost confidence even though everybody else did. Actually, I even think it may have helped us as a team, what we had to go through, because it made us stronger as a team. The true leaders stepped up. I hate to say it, but it might have helped us. |
We started this new trapping thing that we do and I think guys like it more. We get to be a little more aggressive and make things happen. The change in our defensive strategy allows us to be more aggressive. That plays in our favor. |
We were kind of upset and we wanted to prove we were a championship-caliber team. Our goal was kind of to correct what we didn't do at Stanford. It was a big deal for us. |