He erases a lot of mistakes. It's a privilege to have him back there to do that. He comes up with big rebounds when we need them. |
I don't know who that team was coming out of the gates at home. After the game we had a team meeting, and that's when we decided we wanted to turn it around. |
I think that coming into this tournament every guy believes that they have more to give maybe than they really believe. But I think we've given all we can, and it's been working for us. |
I thought we did a good job of slowing them down and making them play half-court basketball. |
I went to Hersey Hawkins and Jim Les basketball camp when I was in grade school. I've heard stories. Never on this level have I heard the amount of volume that's been going around Peoria and the buzz. |
I'm from Peoria so I've heard about (Bradley basketball). Never have I heard the amount of volume that's been going around Peoria. |
It did touch every part of that rim. I was fortunate it went in. |
That was the coaches' idea for us to go up and thank them. It was a great feeling to let them know we appreciate their coming all this way, staying with us during the season. |
There were a lot of people writing us off, who didn't think we should be here. But we're still standing. |
There's no night off in this league. |
They came out really aggressive. They allowed themselves to get easy buckets to start the game. |
They can't say now, with two teams in the Sweet 16, that we're overrated with too many (four) bids. We proved by our teams that we're successful. |
They were really aggressive and up on you. They were reaching a lot. They never adapted to the way the game was being called. |
We feel like we have a little more desire than to win just one game. We want to show the world what we can do. |
We knew we could guard them, if we just worked on their tendencies and made them go to their weaknesses. We know they were scoreless for a while and that was definitely a confidence builder. |