I haven't seen a line like that in a long time, with five assists and one turnover. I thought he did a good job. I thought he did an extremely credible job defensively. Derrick Low is a very good player, and he went after Brett. He got some buckets on him, but he was poised in terms of doing his job of running the team and getting back defending. |
I just know this; it's been a long three weeks. You acquire some energy after a win. They will be an enthusiastic bunch in practice. Not like we haven't been, but tonight is where you get a reward for your effort. |
I made up my mind I was going to play some guys. Those guys I put in have been playing their tails off in practice. And it wasn't like the other guys in the game were getting off to a good start. The kids knew I was going to do it. |
I was embarrassed after the Cal game. I'm not happy how the score ended up tonight, but it's different. The first half, we battled and fought. In the second half they just went on and blew us out, so it's different. |
I was pretty comfortable with how those guys were defending, and I thought we had pretty good ball movement. I didn't need to experiment or try anything else. I had great confidence in that group. I didn't start the game like I was going to play seven. Somewhere in there I said to myself I'm only playing seven. |
I wouldn't consider it wasted. I feel empty because it was clearly an opportunity for us. And it's rife for all sorts of second-guessing. And I'm my own worst critic. It will be one those weekends. |
I'm obviously very proud of our guys and their fight. The guys hung in there. There were a couple of times in the first half and the second when we could have been blown out of here. |
I'm pleased with how he's playing and the efficiency level we're getting from the big guys. They are in a good rhythm with each other. I'm pleased with how they are coming together and working together. |
I'm still in my mind preparing for the worst: three to six weeks. But I don't know. |
I've got to give a lot of credit to (Oregon coach) Ernie Kent on that. He was really receptive to that, and the officials were also. ... I genuinely applaud that and appreciate it for Lamar. |
I've never seen them shoot that well. They shot us right out of the fight. |
I've seen since Pac-10 started a greater focus in practice toward the game plan, the scouting report. He's absorbing more. The more anybody invests into something with a commitment; you don't accept failure as easy. You are better prepared to sustain effort and focus. It sure helps us when he plays like that. He's more difficult to deal with. |
If people are still trying to find out why things aren't working, they're on a false treasure hunt. Because the reason why things haven't gone well lately is because of the injuries, plain and simple. |
If we hadn't beaten Cal and Arizona back-to-back you could sit and say this team never has demonstrated any ability to compete with guys at the top level programs. But we did. |
If we'd have had all our guys healthy, we wouldn't have been (down by) 32. |