Anytime you start with an injury default in the first weight class, that kind of deflates the team. That had a lot to do with our momentum. We didn't get any momentum from that match and we struggled the rest of the way. |
Curran's make a good progress. He's a freshman and put into a pressure cooker like that, he did a great job. |
He's a byproduct of the Cyclones, so we'll have our work cut out for us. Any time we meet people that have our people in their program, it's going to be difficult. |
He's dangerous. No one likes to wrestle this guy, and I can see why. |
Hopefully they won't let the Penn State match be a factor. Hopefully they understand Missouri is not Penn State. They're a much faster team. |
How well we wrestle (today) will determine how well we wrestle at the national tournament. We want to get to the nationals any way we can. |
I think Oklahoma State has a great team, and they've had a great run. (The Big 12 championships) have always been a tough tournament, and a lot of the national champions come out of this tournament. I don't think this year will be any different. |
It was a great win. This is the best we have wrestled all year. |
It was a tough, tough tournament. Obviously, our inexperience showed up a little bit, but we fought hard. I'm pleased with the way we fought, not pleased with the results, but we'll get better. |
It was the back flip that was the difference. I'm sure Nate saw that every night. And we reminded him about it. |
It's a great tournament loaded with talent from top to bottom. It's probably one of the most balanced tournaments we've had. |
It's been a tremendous rivalry. The matches have been tactical matches which is more like a chess match. If they end up in the finals of the Big 12, I think it's going to be a great match. If they end up in the finals of the national tournament I think it's going to be another great match. |
It's novel, and it's something that's certainly worth exploring. It doubles the crowd, and maybe there will be some crossover. I think it's going to be interesting. |
It's Oklahoma State's tournament to lose, but they have to be very, very careful in how they compete. There are a couple teams out there who are capable of beating them. |
It's one of those championship, World Series-type events for those two every time they meet. Obviously (Ware) is doing some of the things right and he's a great athlete and a great wrestler. Every time Nate wrestles him, it raises the bar for both wrestlers. |