It's pressure, but a different kind of pressure. |
It's probably going to be one of those years where scheduling has a lot to do with it. Who you play twice, who you play only once and where that takes place - these are all going to play an instrumental role, maybe more than in years past, just because of the parity that we have. |
It's starting to get to that point now. |
It's totally wrong to say they don't like to run, |
It's two minutes after the game. I put everything into this and these kids. We're so focused. That's where my concern has been, just to lead this team and help them understand a loss like this. |
It's two very pivotal home games for us. But if we're fortunate enough to get them, it's been one heck of a regular season and we try to get some momentum going into the Big Ten tournament. |
It's very difficult to win road games, but it's hard to win homes games (too). If, all of a sudden, you don't play well -- a game where you don't make shots or where you're not on top of your game defensively -- you really run the risk of losing regardless of where the game is being played ... This league is very demanding, very difficult. |
Jeff can get going. I don't think it was any particular thing that Minnesota didn't do or that we did. It was just hard for them to stop him, like it was hard for us to stop Vince. |
Jeff can get going. Jeff's a very good player. And when good players get going, they're hard to stop. |
Jeff Horner has imposed his will on this tournament. |
Jeff Horner has imposed his will on this tournament. I thought the job he did on Brown was outstanding. What he did (against the Gophers) was no less than incredible. |
Jeff played all 40 minutes plus guarded their best player. He got going, and it was hard for them to stop him just like it was hard for us to stop Vincent. I don't think there was any kind of secret on either side. |
Jeff plays all 40 minutes, leads us on the offensive end, but he wants to try to do what he can to shut down their shooter and he did a decent job. He gave us a chance. |
Just having to learn to play with the brace, that's probably the most cumbersome thing. He's going to have to wear it until mid-February. |
Maybe your anxiety and nerves are different. Every year it seems we're on the brink and not knowing how many games we had to win or in '01 knowing we needed to win all of them to get in. It's a different feeling this year. There's the pressure that we think we're a pretty good basketball team and winning one of the two Big Ten championships is out there. |