I have the best two guards in the country on the same team. I will continue to say that because I believe it, and I don't say things I don't believe. |
I laugh at some of these commentators who say they are not a good defensive team. They hold opponents to 43 percent from the field. |
I mean, come on. That is very, very unfair of him to characterize his team like that after the kind of year they've had and some of the quality wins they've had. |
I never thought it was possible. |
I really wanted to do this because I want our players to get the tradition and the history. They hear about it. They see it. They read about it. But the best way to feel it is to know the players and the coach himself. |
I recruit toughness. In other words, we're not going to recruit soft kids. It starts right there. I want guys that are tough. Mentally tough, physically tough. That's why we are where we are. |
I saw him at Nike camp. He played hard. He was under the radar. |
I see it as a momentum thing all the way. We're going to feed on that win. We're going to feed on that emotion. |
I think our intensity tonight, our defensive intensity, was really good. That's the best defensive intensity we've had all year. Our bench was incredible. |
I think our team embodies the spirit of what Coach is all about, which is teamwork, which is unselfish play, which is a commitment at both ends of the floor to play together, team defense, team offense, giving yourself up for your teammates. As we continue to win, they all get recognized. |
I thought Jordan did a great job late in the game. My expectation is for Jordan to be aggressive and look to go to the basket, but he made some great plays on the defensive end. |
I thought our intensity defensively for the entire 40 minutes was really, really incredible. That's the best defense we've played all year. |
I thought that in the first 10 minutes we came out a little tight. In the last 30 minutes, we were terrific. |
I thought they were terrific. They did an outstanding job of dealing with our press. We were trying real hard. |
I told them just basically what was announced. I got a little emotional. But that didn't affect our performance. |