We knew [Louisville] was going to come back strong in the second half. I thought our guys handled it well. |
We knew as a team that they were going to come back strong in the second half and our guys responded well. |
We knew it would come down to the end. |
We knew that he might not get the assist, but he would probably pass it to the guy who would set it up. |
We knew what they want to do and how good they are off the dribble. They make tough shots and, when they do, you have to continue to play defense, to stick to your principles and rules. That's what we did. |
We knew when we were going to play three guys at [small forward] that there was going to be a common theme. When you sit down and look at it, his game [Sunday] really wasn't a whole lot different from some of his others this season. His 3-pointers just went in. Sometimes your shots fall, sometimes they don't. ... He's got the ability to score. He gets open, there's no doubt about that. And he's becoming a better shooter. He just has to get more consistent with his form. |
We made our first how many shots. Our passing was the thing. If anything, we got the shots we needed. |
We made some great adjustments against the zone in the second half. We had a little more penetration and movement. |
We missed a day of practice before the Big East and two days before the NCAA tournament [because of travel problems]. We're going to try practicing this time. The other way wasn't very good for us. |
We needed to take charge and win the boards, and we clearly did that in the second half. |
We never consider that. Tonight, I actually considered it. I thought about it because they were making so many unbelievable shots. The shots they were making were unbelievable, consistently deep and with a hand in their face. We had very few mistakes out there defensively. Guys were making shots from 35 feet. |
We obviously would like to take care of the ball better. Seventeen turnovers are not what we had set our goal for. |
We play to our strengths, what we have out there on the floor. |
We played well early. That would kind of make you think the guys were obviously ready to play and there was nothing else on their minds. During the first five or six minutes, we were about as good as we've been all year. |
We played well in the first half, and we should have been up by more. Teams lose. It's how you respond, and we've always responded well. |