They are so good on the perimeter they remind me of those teams. |
They really have a purpose about them inside, and it's a great thing for our team. |
They were panicked a little bit. (As a coach), you just stay calm, poised, teach and have some confidence. |
They're a great basketball team — the most talented team in the Big Ten. Give 'em credit. |
They're scoring 78 but giving up 72 a game. We feel like if we can keep it in the 60s, the early 60s, we've got a chance to win. |
Today really matters. If you want to compete for a Big Ten title, we can't lose today. |
Turnovers were a big problem earlier a year ago and we have matured so much. We really took care of the ball and looked for that extra pass in the second half. |
We are at the turn, we are halfway around the track. It's just about respecting Michigan State and approaching like we have the other seven (Big Ten games). |
We aren't going to win a foot race. We aren't going to win a jumping contest. ? We are going to have to try our best to control the tempo and play at our pace. We need to pick our spots. |
We control our own destiny. It's going to be a matter of will down the stretch and who wants it the most. |
We cut it to five and then to three and I thought we had a chance. But you've got to make plays down the stretch and we were unable to do that. |
We don't want that to happen. If it does, it does. It was not our goal. A lot depends on what happens across the country. I'll feel bad if it happens. |
We explained to all of them they were going to have to get their feet set, square their shoulders, be fundamental and knock three's down. |
We felt like down the stretch, we needed more balance. We can't be perimeter oriented and we can't be post oriented. |
We felt like if we could keep it in the 60s, we had a chance to win. We kept it in the 50s and we did just that. |