Any time you get chance to shoot free throws when you're behind late in the game, it's always huge. |
Anytime you lose a player of Matt's caliber, it is going to impact what you do, but we're not changing anything. And it's nothing we haven't had experience at. |
Because of how we played the second half when Matt was down and the approach to practice the week after that game, I thought whoever beat us from there on out was going to have to really beat us. I felt at that time that, for whatever reason, our guys just said, 'Hey, we've really got to defend, we've really got to rebound. We've really got to play with a sense of urgency.' And I feel we've done that. |
Best game all year for him. |
But, ... we are being very cautious with Dan. He's got to work his way through some things. |
Call it being lucky, call it being good. You just have to execute down the stretch. |
Chris did what he's able to do. He knocked down a clutch shot at a clutch time. |
Chris will be Chris. When it was close we pulled away and executed. |
Chris, Matt, Danny - these guys have been through some wars. All we ever talked about was the next game and the next practice. This is a very bright, articulate group. There was never any sense of panic. |
Danny was as good as he's been all year in the first half. |
Early on we had a lot of open shots and they just weren't falling. Again, we're not taking anything away from Cal. Their athleticism allows them to stretch you defensively, but we had a lot of things going for us offensively early on and shots just weren't going down. |
For him to do what he did after being out says a lot about Gabe Pruitt as a player. |
For Virginia, finding out that they had to travel clear across the country on Sunday -- they definitely fatigued a little late in the first half and at the end of the game. |
From our standpoint, and how we've been playing of late, I don't think (Adams' absence is) going to make that much of a difference anyway. |
Go down to the official's locker room and ask those guys. |