Not as gratifying as it can be. We have five games left, and our fate is in our own hands. We can continue to creep, or we can fall off the earth. Hopefully, we'll be there in the end. |
Other guys started talking, and I just shook my head. That kind of gives me a break sometimes, when other guys step up and say things and aren't just looking at me. Other leaders are emerging on this team, and that's something we're definitely going to need, especially going down this last little stretch that we have. |
Our freshmen stepped up big in the final four minutes. I kind of pulled them together and said, 'This is it, the last four minutes. We haven't played well the whole game, but we have to now. |
Our freshmen stepped up big in the last four minutes. I pulled them together and told them, 'This is it. We haven't played well all game, so this four minutes is the last little bit of our season right here.' We could either do it or don't, and we did it. |
Playing at home is always great. When you're at home sweet home, your legs are good, you feel the shot good, everything feels good. We really like that. |
Right now, it's still fun to have all these things to do. I don't have too much more to do. Once the season starts it may be a little hectic, but I'm going to be the same person regardless. I consider it to be a blessing. |
Sometimes I think it's because the freshmen aren't used to playing with me. I'm still in a pass-first mode. That's the type of player that I am and that's the type of mode that I'm trying to get out of, because a lot of freshmen look to me to take the shot and sometimes I might see something that they might not see. ... It's just a few chemistry things that we need to take a look at. |
That definitely helped us out as far as getting closer to the basket and getting some easy buckets. |
That shows the character of this team. Even when we're not playing as good as we're capable of playing, especially on the road, we can still come out with big victories. |
That was a big shot for us, and then when we came out in the second half we just came out with that much more firepower, and I think that definitely put us over the hump. |
That was tough for me. I wanted to be out there with my team in battle, but they did a great job of pulling us through. |
That's a part of my game I've been working on the last couple of days in practice. I've been trying to drive the ball more and get inside and get closer to the rim and finish stronger that way. At times we're going to have to break off the offense and send the offense running through me. That decision is going to be up to me. I'm not going to try and do too much but at the same time I'm trying to mix it up a little bit so people won't know what's coming. |
That's definitely something big for us. It shows that we respect everybody but fear no one. |
The feeling's just great. It's only second best to winning the national championship. |
The first possession definitely set the tone for us for the entire game. |