My parents always kind of instilled in me that grades are important. You need to take care of your school work and you need to do that first, and that's kind of what they taught me. |
My shoulder is actually still pretty sore, but it doesn't affect my shooting as much as my defense. You have to go out there and play like nothing is bothering you. If you don't, you are not going to play as well. |
My teammates did a great job of moving the ball around, and I got some good looks off kick-outs from inside and in transition. We wanted to go inside-out. |
Not since high school when we might play with all the gym doors open. |
Our big guys are playing great right now. They're doing a really good job of getting post position early and getting good looks. I know Chris and Al and Jo, I guess they're all shooting real high (percentages). Any time our big guys can score like that it helps out the perimeter. |
Our big guys did a good job of breaking the press and getting into the paint. I got a couple off our big guys inside. |
Our big guys did a great job of kicking back out. I think we did a better job in the second half of using pick-and-rolls and paying attention to what Coach told us. |
Our biggest strength as a team is that we have a lot of guys who can score. |
People always question our league because of football. |
Peyton Manning was like my childhood hero. To get my picture taken with him, that really surprised me. |
Road trips are pretty much the same. Coach keeps a tight rein on us. We never leave the hotel. Every game this whole year we've prepared for the same way as we have these tournament games. We watch film on every team, watch film at every meal and have a shoot-around. Coach does a good job. That's probably why he does it early on. |
Some of our students have said they would be willing to walk to see us play. I believe them because we get such good fan support. I'm looking forward to it because it's always good to play in front of a home crowd. |
South Carolina really burned us from the three-point line. We went into practice the next day and coach really stressed the three-point line and what a game changer it can be. |
South Carolina really burned us. It was stressed the next day in practice. We wanted to get them running up and down the court and not get into their offense. |
That one felt really good. I thought I had some good looks and just wasn't knocking them down. I was just happy to be able to get one to fall and to be able to contribute. |