A.J. (goalie Andrew Jackson) played really well and we had a lot of chances, but we took a lot of bad penalties. But I'm not one to blame the ref. |
Everything's kind of on a shoestring. All you need is one accident to grind everything to a halt. |
For the first 35 minutes, that's as well as we've played in a long time. |
For them to shoot as well as they did and play as well as they did we couldn't beat them. We needed to play great and I thought we played well. We needed them to have an off night and they didn't. |
He's one of the best shooters in college basketball and he's a clutch player. He rose to the occasion tonight like I knew he would. |
I hope Razorback Nation will support an old Arkansan. |
I think last year's loss in the finals has helped this team with our focus. The pain of last year has really motivated this team, and I don't think you'll see us looking ahead or past any team. |
I think that we started slow, and it's not going to all happen overnight, |
I think that would be a heck of a game. |
I think we're making some progress but tonight we ran out of steam in the third period, |
I'm really happy with the way we all competed and if we remain confident, work on little things like taking care of our own end, then wins will come. |
If they continue to shoot the ball the way they did, they'll go a long way in this tournament. We needed them to have an off night. They didn't. |
It was encouraging that we did a nice job on the glass but at the same time when you get to crunch time, those (mistakes) are the things that win you the game or lose you the game. We just had stupid turnovers the last three or four minutes. |
It's going to happen someday. I told our guys, why not us and why not this year? |
Last year's loss was so devastating, I think it's carried on to this season. I don't think it's affected us, but it's motivated us. The only way to get past that loss completely is to win the tournament this year. |