I told our guys that if we're going to be a good team, we've got to find a way to win when we're not playing well. We did that tonight. |
I told the team after the game they had a glimpse of how good we can be. We were terrific ... but we can still get better. |
I told them that we were going to switch everything. And if they score, we've got to get the ball back out in transition as quickly as they can and push it right on top of them. We got as good a look as we could probably get. |
I want them to relax and almost have that kid-type attitude. I just want them to take care of the process and play the kind of basketball they're capable of playing. |
I want to see us play better. We haven't played as well as we are capable of playing, but we have the attitude of trying to get better. |
I was impressed with his physical conditioning. He's like a mountain stream of running water. It goes up against one rock and turns another way — it never stops flowing. |
I was worried coming in because it was a team we know. I am not sure what happened on that last play because we were switching everything. It was a great day. Wow! |
I wasn't expecting us to be a No. 1. I learned a long time to quit worrying about that. Regardless of where we're seeded, we have to go out and win games. |
I'm glad they said something like that. I'll be using that for the next few years. I guess we wanted it more during the regular season since we beat them and came into the tournament as the No. 1 seed. I don't doubt my players' desire one bit. |
I'm not going to take anything away from them because I thought they beat us in every way you could be beaten today. From looking at my team out there, I thought they acted like it was going to be (like the first game) again. |
I've always loved P.J., but I love and respect him even more now because of what he has gone through and how he's handled it, ... It's amazing the turnaround that he's made. |
I've always told Kenton that he sells himself short. He's a much better basketball player than he thinks he is. He's got a great pace to his game. You're not going to speed him up much. He's really embraced the fact that he wants to run the team. He's comfortable now. He knows his teammates. He knows what we need to work our way into. |
I've never seen anybody who changed themselves around the way P.J. did. |
I've never seen players take so much pride in their schoolwork. |
If he gives you a fist pump that's pretty emotional for him. |