When you're on the road as long as we are you forget how critical the crowd is. They were with it Thursday and they were with it (Saturday). We need to get the job done on the road now to have the help that they're giving us. |
With the tournament coming up and the close of the Pac-10, I'll be surprised if he's not totally focused. He's going to the boards. He's being selective with his shots, using his ability to take the ball to the basket and create opportunities. I think he'll be right on everything for the rest of the year. |
Without question the difference for us was defense. It has been our trademark all year. ... The reason I was so confident that we would get the job done is that this is the best defensive team we have had. |
Yeah. We may opt to give it at a time when they're not playing us. |
You can't say that if we don't get it, the season is over. That's not the case. We still have five of our last seven games at home. |
You don't have to look at the stats very far to see what killed us. It was the free throw line. ... When you get a game with two teams as evenly matched as this, you better make your free throws if you get a chance to shoot them. |
You know when he comes back that he's going to be a little reluctant to be aggressive offensively. We talked with him from the standpoint that now, we need to have him be aggressive. Right now, with the way we're shooting the ball from outside, it has to be he and Marcus. |
You watch games on TV but not based on who we would match up with. I watched them (the Badgers) because I was curious to see how Brian Butch had developed. We felt he was going to be a good player once he put some weight on and got stronger. |