This was the Moon of Falling Leaves, and across the West on almost every Indian reservation, the Ghost Dance was spreading like a prairie fire under a high wind, ... Agitated Indian Bureau inspectors and Army officers from Dakota to Arizona, from Indian Territory to Nevada, were trying to fathom the meaning of it.... Official word was: stop the Ghost Dancing. [It] was so prevalent on the Sioux reservations that almost all other activities came to a halt.... At Pine Ridge the frightened agent telegraphed Washington: 'Indians are dancing in the snow and are wild and crazy.... We need protection and we need it now.' |
Until I quit writing and I don't know when that will be, I will always be reading something that has to do with what I'm working on. |
We came out and played well in the first half. We just didn't finish them off in the second half. |
We could have played better. We didn't play our best, but we stuck it out and we won. |
We didn't play as well as we wanted defensively and offensively. We're not doing the things we want but we'll take the win. The Big Ten is a grind-it-out conference. |
We didn't play as well as we wanted in the first half, but in the second we came out with the intensity we needed. We play against teams that give us their best shot. . . . It's all how you rebound from that. |
We didn't relax. It's a road game. If they didn't come back, they're not protecting their home court. |
We just didn't finish the job. They came out and played the good zone and it really affected us tonight. |
We just have to defend and rebound. |
We know other teams are going to give us their best shot. It's just how mentally prepared we are. And when another team goes on a run and gets the momentum, how do we respond? Do we lay down or do we raise our intensity? In the second half tonight, we raised our intensity. |
We were hacking more and fouling. We weren't disciplined on defense. |
We were hacking more. We were undisciplined on defense. |
We were really disappointed with our performance at the end. Don't let my words fool you, we'll take a road win, but we should have played the last 10 minutes better. |
We're Illinois. I love that. They do it to everybody, but we get it the worst. Michigan State fans are probably harsher than (Wisconsin) fans. But they're supposed to do that to us — try to play mental games with us. Ninety percent of the game is mental. It's some of the harshest stuff you ever heard in your life. |
We've got stars, you just don't know them yet. It takes a little time. Last year wasn't a grind, but you probably thought we played well when we beat someone by 20. Maybe we should have won by 40. |