I told them I was embarrassed to see 'Arizona' across their chests. Some of them looked scared out there. |
I visited with him and some of the upperclassmen. Then I visited with those guys themselves. Then I visited with Chris by himself. So he has to have whatever opinion he has, but it certainly hasn't been the case of us not listening to him. |
I was always talking to our guys about setting yourself up for a career in the NBA. It's not about being drafted, it's about playing and staying and making a career of it. His decision will help him do just that. |
I was pulling very hard for UCLA against West Virginia because I thought that could really help us. There were some early-season losses by some teams in the conference ... those kinds of things are not forgotten very quickly by the NCAA basketball committee. |
I was very, very pleased with Marcus Williams. I thought no one came in with more pressure on him than Marcus Williams. |
I'm disappointed that we didn't put up a better fight. |
I'm happy it will be a Friday game. That will give us an extra day to get Hassan back into playing mode. |
I'm happy that we moved up and can start a new streak. After winning our last three road games at Utah by 30 and at Washington State and Washington this past weekend, I wasn't sure if that was going to happen. I'm relieved to be back in the poll. |
I'm not approaching my team any different from all along. We just need to get better. We need to have a better showing in the five of seven home games left. We definitely have to protect the home court. And we have an added incentive in these two games, in that we lost both of them on the road up there. |
I'm not sure (the NCAA committee members) follow up with what they say. I still think if you are going to develop as a team, you need to play the best competition you can play. But I do think it hurts you in your seeding. |
I'm not sure Hassan has played any better in terms of the effort he puts in. I think that shows his teammates that he really wants this thing, and I thought his leadership in that regard was great. |
I'm not sure you're going to see many front-line guys with that many steals. |
I'm not sure you're going to see many frontline guys with that many steals. |
I'm pretty sure we'll drop out of the top 35. |
I'm really proud of how our guys came out in the second half because we could not buy a basket in the first half. Washington made us take the shots they wanted us to take. |