We've just got to keep doing the things that we're doing and keep getting better. |
We've reached that point as a program. |
We've seen them and we're familiar with them. Having a short turnaround as far as playing them, at least it's good that we're familiar with them. |
What can you say to these guys? We grew a lot as the year went on, and youth is not an excuse. All that matters right now is how we respond to it. |
What he's doing best this year is keeping the ball up around the basket. He's running better. He's jumping better. He's chasing down shots a lot better than he ever had. But it's not like all of a sudden this summer he decided to work on these things. He's been constantly improving. |
What we were able to do more in the second half was contain their quickness and ability to get penetration. We just had to stay with our game plan. |
What's amazing to me is that they didn't have one bad second-round game. |
When you're undefeated, that's what people are going to point to. I'm not going to lose sleep; we've played good people. |
You always wondered how the relationship was going to work out with two guys that are so competitive. But both guys wanted to win so bad that they knew it was the right thing. |
You had to win this game. Nobody was giving it to you. |
You see teams go on runs and win 20 games one or two years in a row. You really separate yourself if you do it three, four and now five years. It puts you on a whole other level. It's something a lot of people didn't think could be done here. |
You see teams go one or two years and get into a run of winning 20 games. You start to separate yourself with three, four or five years winning those many games. It's a sign of where you're at. Now you want to go to another level. |
You're never perfect. But you're always trying to play great defense, do things right, and you have to continue to do it on the next play and the play after that. It's also about sticking with roles and principles. We're getting better at it in some areas, but it's something you constantly want to improve at. |
You're not going to get a better shot. |
You're not going to shut him down. He's going to get shots. He's going to take shots. He's got range. We've done a good job on a lot of guards this year, keeping them below their averages. You can't let him get going. He's been very dangerous this year. |