We didn't feel like we played defense to our level of capability in our last game and it was a huge focus of ours to come out and do that tonight. We really locked down when we had to. |
We don't have a huge margin for error. We'd been doing good things because we were progressing, but I'd been telling them all week not to forget where they came from. This is not a team that's going to go blow people out. |
We just don't have the depth that they have. They have eight guys and five need to play well. We have six guys and all six need to play well. |
We were playing very good basketball four or five days ago, even in the first half of the Hartford game. We just have to get back to doing the things we do. |
We were very active on defense. We were playing three guards so we needed to use our quickness to get some tips. We were able to get that tonight. |
We'll be going against a lot of size and those guys will have to do a great job for us. |
When I say to our team to make sure everyone's on their A-game, it's really to be focused, and do the hard things. It's really about stealing a possession here or there because you're on that loose ball, or making sure we don't give that extra turnover because we need that extra possession that we didn't get with a rebound. |
When you're on other people's courts sometimes, you have to be more careful in how aggressive you are. We got in foul trouble. I wouldn't say it was called any differently in terms of style. I would say they had a lot more free throws, though. |
You can't replace minutes. He's getting the time under his belt and he just keeps getting better and better. |
You need those types of players, those all-conference players. Wilson is a Player of the Year candidate. When they're struggling he can carry them, and when everyone's clicking he's happy doing what he does. He's been a tremendous leader for their team. |
You see highlights like that every night, you just hope that it's not you some night. It was a great shot and we were fortunate it didn't come before the buzzer. |