We didn't play too well. We still were able to stick around and get the win. We knew it was going to be tough. Anytime you play on the road in the Big East, it's a tough game no matter who they are. |
We don't have to win this game to get into the tournament, but we still want to win to keep the momentum going. |
We have a lot of experience, and we try to pass along to the new guys what we've learned so that this program can keep winning. |
We have a lot of people come up to us and thank us for just coming to school there and playing basketball after the year they had before we got there. When we started, it was 4,000 (fans per game), and now, our arena is up to 14,000. It's just tremendous to have that kind of fan support. |
We have given away leads. We know we will make the plays at the end of the game. We are a senior-laden team and we know how to win games. |
We just haven't been playing defense with the same energy. |
We knew we could play with them, but we weren't sure about all the emotions coming in here on Senior Night. We had a lot of energy and we came out and shot well, played well and got the early lead. |
We know we have a target on our back, but we haven't played some of the tougher teams like Connecticut, Pitt and Notre Dame. They are pretty good teams. We will see after we play them. |
We thought we had a pretty good shot at going into overtime. We hopped on our defense. But they found a guy, and he just tossed it up and it went in. It was kind of an up-and-down situation. |
We were wide open when we passed the ball into the middle of the 2-3. So, that's what we tried to do in the second half. |
We'll win. We're going to do it. I have faith in my teammates. I know coach doesn't like it, but I'm going to do it anyway. I guarantee a win. |
We're moving on, and that's definitely a good thing. We lost the game, and now we play Syracuse Monday night. It's great to be able to have a chance to get off this game and have another one. |
We're used to being underdogs. It won't bother us. It doesn't mean anything in a tournament like this. |
We've been down since Pitt. Our energy is always great at this time of the year, and especially this year. You have to be ready to play when it could be your last game. |
We've been in every game at the end. Our energy on defense, we haven't been picking it up like we need to. |