We have a lot of talent on the perimeter to be able to withstand a blow like that, but any time you're without Lester, with his toughness and his drive and his competitiveness, it's going to hurt. |
We have to do a better job defending. We haven't defended for three games. We haven't been tough enough lately. But we have to give them (Buckeyes credit). |
We have to go in there and be tough. Playing an IU team you have to be mentally tough. Those guys play really hard and they take pride in playing at home. We have to go in there and be tough, execute and value the ball. |
We have to take care of the ball better. We turned the ball over a lot against Indiana, then we turned the ball over in critical situations against Minnesota in the Big Ten tournament. |
We have two guys as talented as they are and they make a big difference. The practices leading up (to the NIT opener) allowed us to get our chemistry back. |
We just have to be ready to take care of business Thursday in the Big Ten tournament. We're not worried about the NCAA tournament. |
We knew we had to make a commitment to play defense and that's what we talked about at our meeting. If we play defense like we played tonight we're very tough to beat. |
We knew we had to step up. Lester is a big part of our team. It was a big blow. Hopefully, he'll be ready for Michigan State. I think he will be. |
We were all kind of worried about him. But we had to go on with the game. |
We were tough at the end, tougher than we've been late in games. We've been through the struggles, and we feel we have the experience to battle through it now. |
We weren't strong enough, and they made savvy plays. Vincent is a great player, and the defense of their whole team was great. |
We're getting our chemistry back. We had a lot of injuries during the Big Ten season but now we're getting healthy. |
We're hopeful what we have done to this point is enough. |
We've always believed. We feel we have the pieces to be a really good basketball team, and it's just a matter of us going out and doing it. |
We've been here before. We've had winning streaks, we've had losing streaks, and we've had blowout wins and blowout losses, so we've run the gauntlet of emotions. With this team I don't think it will be a problem for us responding to the way we played Saturday. |