This is probably the best five- or six-game stretch Mustafa has had for us. He's in charge. He did a good job of defending hard. And he's making good decisions on the offensive end. |
This is really the chance to take whatever bumps there were along the road and smooth them out. |
This one is more about how well they played than our not playing well. We played well. They played great. |
This team has exactly the same record as the 1997 team (which won the championship). And I remember in 1980, we came here and beat Syracuse -- and they were a one seed -- and then we went on to the Final Four, which was . . . in Indianapolis. |
Those two guys are our best on-ball defenders so it's not like when we rest Mustafa or Hassan or Marcus we're giving up anything defensively. We're probably getting better defensively with them. |
To me, that is a negative approach, to throw us in the same bubble. It's a very different bubble based on the RPI, and I think in fairness to our kids, that should be pointed out. It is a big weekend for them and a big weekend for us. I think there is more pressure on them than there is on us. |
Typical of what happens. You spend so much energy to get back in the game and you don't have the gas in the tank to finish it. |
UCLA is just better. They really play well together, and they play very physical. They have a lot of weapons. |
Washington and ourselves split and we went a game deeper in the league tournament. Maybe it is best to play 10 out of your first 11 at home. They say they're not going to be influenced by a team's record, but I'm not ready to buy that. |
We always get good deals. We always stay in the kinds of places the other teams stay in. It's not a case of where we do something different. |
We are playing the best that we have played all year long. One of the keys is that Mustafa is running his team and Marcus is a guy who continually comes up big. |
We are the defending champs, and I think we are capable of de-fending the championship. There are some very good teams that we are going to have to beat if we are going to do that. But I don't think there is anybody who has a better chance of winning it. |
We are the defending champs, and I think we are capable of defending the championship. There are some very good teams that we are going to have to beat if we are going to do that. But I don't think there is anybody who has a better chance of winning it than we do. |
We are the defending champs, and I think we are capable of defending the championship. There are some very good teams that we are going to have to beat if we are going to do that. But I don't think there is anybody who has a better chance of winning it. |
We can't give Stephens a lot of looks. He's a great shooter. |