It would have been really easy for us to get frustrated. We kept fighting through it. We knew we could pull it out because we've done it before. |
It's disappointing. We showed flashes and signs this year of what type of team we can be, a top-five team. Other times, we looked bad, just inconsistent. But we got a new season now. We got to forget about this and just try to win some games. |
It's gonna be a great challenge, Dee Brown's one of the best point guards in the country. They're a great defensive team, and we're really gonna have to prepare. |
It's kind of a big deal. We can't continue to foul because we're not as deep at some positions, so it could come back to haunt us in a big game sometime. |
Matt plays a bigger role on our team than most people realize. He's the glue guy for us. |
My confidence is high right now, I just keep trying to build from game to game. It was tough for a couple days (after that loss), but coach did a good job of getting it behind us. It took a lot out of us. |
Not everyone gave maximum effort and I'm not going to name names. |
Offensively, we never really got anything going. Everything we got, we had to earn. We didn't get any easy baskets. |
Paul gets them all the time. I guess it's not that big a deal for him. But it's big for me. |
Shutting down Dee Brown was huge. We trailed him all night. We never wanted him to get loose on us. |
That was key, trying to contain him. |
That was probably the game. This is one of the worst feelings I've ever had as a basketball player. It's just tough. I don't really know what to say. You work so hard all summer, all season, and it comes to an end that quickly. But we don't have anyone to blame but ourselves. |
The defense was scrambling. I probably forced it. I just tried to make a play. It was a bad decision. Anything would have been better in that situation. |
They're going to be coming in here confident. This is a key stretch for us now, and we've just got to stay consistent. |
We don't know much about them, but they've played pretty much everybody, all the great teams around the country. Their record really doesn't tell what they are. We got to take care of business in that game and start preparing for the Big Ten. |