They took them on with their bodies and didn't let them get to the rim. That's an area that we've done really well with. |
They're a team that preys on your mistakes more readily than any team in our league. |
They've got two trophies. They've got two championships to end their career on. Rocky has been with us two years, and he's two-for-two. You can't do any better than that. |
This gives us a little more credibility with the public and those in the know. But it also gives us confidence and gives our players reason to come to practice every day. |
This is a big thing for our team, school and our state. |
This is the time of year you either grow or you get worse. I prefer to look at it as it is time for us to grow up. |
This was not an elimination game for us. But in our last four games, we've got to play much, much better than we did today. |
Those kinds of things set you back. I think Rick knew this year was going to be a different year for him. |
Those people who have seen us play, there's no way you could be surprised it was a close game. All our games are like that. |
Three games going now we've turned it over a total of 22 times. As much as anything other than the wins themselves I'm very proud of that. |
To be able to come back and play like that in the second half I think speaks volumes about where our club is right now. They still believe that they can play well, they believe they can win, and they believe they can win on the road. |
To get back here and play in the world's greatest arena, this late in the season, for a university and a team who have a great deal of pride, it means an awful lot. |
Tonight it was particularly good that we beat a really, really fine basketball team... and we did it in front of a highly supportive crowd led by our student body. I mean, they were terrific. I think our team certainly responded to that. |
Two practices in a row is hard for him because of the swelling. We're trying to move him along somewhat incrementally in hopes that we can get a whole season out of him. |
Unfortunately, Noah's size and arm length and sense for the game, and he's got a great sense for the game, won out. He was there when the ball was deflected or missed and put it back. |