I had high expectations for this team. I felt we could be good and we had realistic goals. |
I just feel like we play a lot better on the road. No pressure. Everybody's expecting us to lose, anyway. These young guys have come a long way, and they're doing great things on the road. |
I kind of jinxed myself. |
I knew my team needed me to step up, and at that time, I was getting some good looks. I just took them, and they went in. For the most part, that was their last run. |
I knew the caliber of players that we had on this team. And I knew that our guys were going to come together and step up when we needed to. We know what we lost and we know what we have. We have to work with what we have and that's all that we can do. And we've done a great job of doing it. |
I told all the guys who left before me that I would get a win in Cameron. Now that it's over, I can call them up and back my word up. |
I told him that we were going to come down here and get us one. But he had a great performance tonight. He got me in foul trouble early, so I couldn't play him like I wanted to. |
I told the guys, 'Look, it's one loss and you're gone now, so we can't afford to make the little mistakes that we have been making all season. We have to execute the best way we can and play the way we have all year. |
I told them in the same words Coach Rob used: no half-stepping. This is a tournament that if you lose, you go home. And that's something that we really don't want to happen right now. This is a very special season for us, especially me and Byron (Sanders) as seniors. We're definitely not ready for it to end. |
I told y'all he was a beast. That's why we call him 'Psycho T.' He goes hard, man. He's crazy about everything, definitely when he goes to rebound the ball. He definitely lived up to his nickname tonight. |
I want to wait to bring those [windmills] out for bigger games, where everyone -- the whole nation -- is watching. |
I wouldn't even call it a title defense. Nobody can take the title away. I just look at it as a new journey by a new team, and hopefully we can get the same results we got last year. |
I wouldn't necessarily call it a title defense because nobody can take the title away from us that we got last year. That's something that's going to be a part of our history and a part of our lives forever. I just look at it as a new journey with a new team. Hopefully, we get the same results that we got last year. |
I wouldn't say we were desperate, but it was very much needed for us. Especially after the confidence drop that we had after the Virginia game. |
I'm just going back home, almost like the Bus [Jerome Bettis] did at Pittsburgh by finishing his career in Detroit. It will definitely be fun. Hopefully, we can just come out with a big win. That would be a satisfying moment for me. |