We have such depth that when the other team gets tired around the eight minute or seven minute mark, we make our move. We've done some tremendous things around that time this year. |
We haven't become a bad basketball team because of one game. It's not anything to start panicking about or anything to be concerned about. We did some uncharacteristic things in that basketball game that we hadn't done all year. Now we have to get back to what we were doing before. |
We hope to have him back in a couple of weeks. |
We just wanted to make sure that we kept great pressure on them. We made sure we put them in situations that they had to make plays. We did not allow them to get into any sort of rhythm. It played a major role in why they shot the percentage they shot. |
We moved the ball and got the shots we wanted. In the first half, we didn't move the ball as well and that was the difference. |
We paid a lot of attention to what people were saying and that hurt us. I felt last year was unjust for us to be picked so high when we hadn't done anything to prove we deserved that. |
We played a very good non-conference schedule last year, we won the league and we won the tournament, and we were a 12th seed. It had no bearings, whatsoever. That's my opinion, anyway. |
We really missed him today, particularly just trying to establish an inside game to establish a tone. He's a hard guy to replace. |
We recruit and do things the right way. |
We showed toughness down the stretch. We had to pick up our defense. I think that was one of the very few games where our experience really paid off for us. |
We started to make shots towards the end and we made some key stops. They were right in the ballgame until the four-minute mark. |
We wanted to go into Pops and establish the inside position. We competed at all times, and at times our offense was magnificent. |
We wanted to have our defense generate some offense for us. We scored 23 points [in the first half Wednesday night] against St. Louis. ... We wanted our defense to create some opportunities for us and it did. And I think that got us off to a terrific start. |
We went through probably about 12 minutes where we couldn't score a basket. That's still an area of concern and where we have to improve. |
We were a 12th seed. A 12th seed. Why would I think we're going to be a 3 seed this year? Where's the proof? I'm going to sound like an idiot if I say that. |