There are a ton of big names out there. That's a very tough bracket. It doesn't matter where you go, it was going to be a very tough bracket. |
There are a ton of big names. That's a very tough bracket, but just about anywhere you go, it's going to be a tough bracket. |
There are no perfect games in the NCAA Tournament. It's just survive and advance. The bottom line is we're not going home. I was sleepwalking this morning. But you know you have to get up and do it again today. |
There's going to be a whole lot of pushing, a whole lot of shoving, but that's the type of game that they like. We do play well in those type of games. We're a running team, but I think we've proven throughout this year that we can be a physical team as well. We're just going to have to prove it even more so. |
There's really no excuse for it. But also I think we showed a lot of heart in the last few minutes and put the foot back on the pedal. |
There's really no excuse for it. We're too good a team. |
They came in with the mentality that they (Villanova) are the toughest team in the Big East and we came in with the same one. It was just a matter of us matching that same intensity and giving it right back to them. |
They were so tough and physical we found ourselves having to match them. That was the roughest game I've been in. |
They're on a roll, they're playing really well and it's basically going to be a home game for them. It's going to be a little bit tougher on us, but we're going to have to put everything aside and just play basketball. |
Things just haven't been going my way the last couple of games, but, you know, as long as the team keeps winning that's all that really matters. We're doing well. We're 14-1 so I can't really worry about myself too much. |
This game we really tried to work hard on our defense and work hard on getting to the offensive glass. We started to run a little bit more and it's one of the things we're going to have to do to be successful this year. |
We all felt that we had a team that was capable of making a championship run. It didn't happen this year. It was close, but getting close doesn't always do it. |
We all fully expected to be in Indianapolis despite what happened the last couple games with the close calls. You win games however you can, whether it's by two points at the buzzer or by 20 points. The bottom line is we were winning games up until (Sunday). We came up one game short. |
We are a businesslike team. We know what needs to be done. |
We contested every shot. We tried to get around screens a little more than we have. |