In my heart, I would have liked to have seen him come to Washington because I feel like the things I've been through here have made me not only a better person but a better basketball player. You come to college and nobody looks at you as a star anymore. You're just another guy on the team, and that would have been great for him. |
In the first half, I caught myself just running up and down the court thinking too much that this is my last game. |
It made me see the other side of life. It made me realize, I have a chance to do something special, and I need to take advantage of it. |
It makes it a lot smoother. At the beginning of the game, it's more my time. Then when Jamaal comes in, I can kind of concentrate on other areas and it's more his time. |
It was a great game to play in. |
It was a matter of who was going to make the most plays down the stretch. We did a better job at that than they did. |
It was a play where I pass it to the right post and they were supposed to, on the opposite side, set a screen for Mike (Jensen). But the play got messed up as I was watching. I was like, 'Oh, wow, I've got to shoot this one,' because no one was popping out and everybody looked a little confused. |
It was welcome back, Mike. It's fun having him out there because he stretches out the defense so much. |
It wasn't a big deal for me. It was a good game. I'm just happy we played a great game. |
It wasn't just our goal to make it to the tournament. We wanted to make a special run in the tournament. |
It would have been really special if he had come here. We would have been really good. |
It's a matter of how much they accept him. I can't see him coming up here, I think it would be tough for him to show his face. If I did that to an Oregon player and walked into their gym in the summer, people would wonder what I was doing there. |
It's a special feeling. A lot of people wouldn't have guessed we would make it this far. |
It's almost flipped now to where they stopped going to the tournament and we started going to the tournament. He may never admit it, but he may be thinking in the back of his mind, he could be a part of that right now. |
It's almost good news for us. We get to be the underdogs again. |