They've almost created a different identity with a different group of guys in a very quick turnaround. They've made it look very simple. You've got to give them a lot of credit, not just their coaching staff but their players, for buying into that and doing the things that they've done to be so successful. |
They've had different paths to travel and it's been a little different; every year is different. But as they try to create a legacy, I'm hoping that they can build off of this last month of what they've brought to this program. |
They've had different paths to travel. As they try to create a legacy, I'm hoping they can build off this last month... . Obviously the month of January kind of skewed some things. But that doesn't mean the end of February and March can't change all that. |
This is a reality that we have to face. We're going two practices a day, just to try and find ourselves. |
This is a situation for our team to have to grow, unfortunately. Hopefully we can be a better basketball team for him when he gets back. |
This is an environment where you have to come in and be focused. |
This town is here for us this weekend. There's not quite as much going on there. It has a great tournament flavor to it in Indianapolis and a great arena. I see both sides, and I like both sides, and I like rotating it, personally. |
Those guys are all very talented offensive players. They got into a good rhythm, pretty much all game. |
To me, when guys beat you down the court, that's unacceptable. Randle's effort and energy, he's athletic and brings energy, certainly busted it open in that stretch. |
Tucker's so hard to help on and those are the guys that we were trying to help from. We knew they'd get some, but you can't do both. ... We got caught in the middle a lot and those guys made us pay. |
Vince missed a left-handed lay-in and all of a sudden we looked like a team that didn't have confidence. I'm really, really disappointed that we broke down defensively. |
We couldn't play them the same way we did the first two times. It just wouldn't work. We needed something to change that, and we challenged Vince earlier in the week. |
We did some better things offensively. Obviously in the last eight minutes, we reverted back a little bit. |
We did some corny things, like stand in a room and close our eyes and pretend it was Oct. 15 all over again. |
We got caught in the middle a lot, and those guys made us pay. |