Our energy probably wasn't there for the whole 40 minutes. Give (Cornell) a lot of credit, though, they run that system pretty good. They gave Syracuse a pretty good game. They are a capable team. |
Our guys did an excellent job maintaining their composure and we played some good solid basketball. |
Our guys didn't quit, that's the bottom line. It's the first time we've been down like that on the road and had to come back, and it was all about mental toughness. |
Our guys, as a group, were as together tonight as they have been. I just think we are a tough team when that happens. |
Our guys, they don't remember that. They don't remember 1995. |
Our team played well. They did a nice job and it's nice to play this way as we prepare to go on the road for these last two games. |
People will be shocked to see how good Brandon Roy is. |
People, for some reason, just because Arizona's lost a few games, think that they're down. They're crazy. They've kind of hit a stride. They're very good. |
Phenomenal player, phenomenal person. We knew that about Marcus. |
Right now we need to put 40 minutes of intense basketball together. Right now that's the biggest monkey on our back. |
Ryan [Appleby] hit the big shot going into halftime and we are up 13, and we have all the respect for Arizona and we know how good they are, and I think our mindset going out was that we've got to play well. But somehow, we didn't get after it like we should have the first few minutes. |
Ryan has done much better here of late taking care of the basketball. Everyone sees the three pointers. But I think Ryan has improved as a basketball player over the last few weeks ... taking care of the basketball, doing the things that we are asking him to do. |
Ryan is ready to go. I've never seen him really intimidated. He's not really concerned about who he plays against. |
Senior day is going to be a special day for these guys. They've accomplished a lot. |
Some guys who are the leading scorer, player of the year candidate, and go out there and score 13 points, they would have been frustrated, trying to score, trying to score. But Brandon's playing to win, so what did he try to do? He just passed the ball and guarded and helped us pull away. |