(When) you're making your run (and) momentum is swinging your way, you just have to finish it off. It seems like we didn't cap it off because we couldn't knock down any shots. |
All together, I think we played a fairly decent job defensively. |
Defensively, his confidence is really growing. Everything coach tells him he gets done. |
Definitely. I could breathe. It didn't feel like I had windshield wipers. |
Everybody has to be on the same page and everybody has to have confidence. Teams are starting to tweak their defenses where they might not guard two or three guys on our team, thinking they don't have the confidence. We need all five guys to have the confidence in order for our offense to run as smoothly as it has in the past. |
He didn't look like he was going to dunk it, so I figured I could just step in and try to alter his shot. |
He said he doesn't get involved in all the hoopla and everything before, but you can see that he got emotional coming out of the game. |
I could breathe. I didn't need windshield wipers this game. It feels good. I feel back to normal. I didn't have any pain. |
I know after the game our guys were limping. They were a physical team and their principles are still the same. They still get a lot of second- and third-chance opportunities. We can't let that happen. |
I know what Kam can do. I know the abilities he has. I believe in him. It's just a matter of him believing in himself. |
I still have to knock down some shots, period. I shot 2-for-18. I can't be happy with that. If we're going to be top of the Big Ten (Conference), that can't happen. Especially from a guy like me with a lot of experience. |
I think it's motivation to show these younger guys that hard work pays off, to show that what we've been doing in these past few years has worked. And if it's worked in the past, it can work in the present. |
I want all our guys to realize that if we get a chance to play in the NCAA tournament, that's our last chance. If we lose then, there's no more looking back and saying, 'OK, we can get it back.' You can't get it back. If we have 40 minutes left (in) our season, we have to cherish that. Everybody has to be ready to play. We have to just think we can't get that back. So we have to play with that urgency. |
I was confident in what we had done over the course of the season that we were going to get in. I felt good about it. It's just that you're anxiously awaiting to see where you're going, what environment you're going to get stuck in. |
I'm always shaping my game into what the team needs. This year we really need me going inside and drawing fouls. I figure I'll always have a chance to do that. |