The Year of the Century: 1876 was fun to research, and I did a great deal of traveling. I wanted to cover every event of any importance in that year. So I had to immerse myself in microfilm of a dozen newspapers in different cities, and half-blinded myself looking at it, hour after hour. |
There ain't no difference. Take Penn State. They're a rival. Whoever wants to step up and play against Illinois is my rival. That's the way I see it. |
There are a lot of positives we can take away from this one. We really played well. |
There is just nobody talking about it, no buzz at all, |
There is just nobody talking about it, no buzz at all. The play on the court is better now than it ever has been. It's a pretty good product, but it's like nobody seems to care. |
They came out and did a good job. Teams come out and give us their best shot. They play hard against us. |
They have a lot of motivation. People say they shouldn't have got in. |
They have looked very well so far in practice. I am very excited to see what they can do this year. |
They have some good players. They're a scary team and I don't think anyone would want to play them in the first round. |
They made it tough. They bumped and they played physical. But I missed some shots, too. |
They're a disciplined club and they're not afraid to play. We have to limit easy buckets and play good, constructive defense. |
They're practically putting us in the bottom half of the Big Ten. I like it. It's always good to surprise people. |
They're real good. I feel bad about D.J. White. If they had him, they'd be a tough team to beat. They're still a tough team to beat. But that added a little more extra problems for you. |
This is huge. This was probably bigger than last year [a 75-65 victory that ended Wisconsin's 38-game home winning streak], considering how we played on the road in the two losses we had. |
This is my fourth year in the tournament, so you already know what to expect, the intensity and how hard the team's going to play. It's a big advantage for us coming out, understanding how much energy we have to put out there to beat a team in the first round. |