I have nothing to say. As a senior leader, it's tough. |
I think they are a better team than Villanova, because their frontcourt guys are much more physical. |
I think they are a better team than Villanova. Their frontcourt guys are just so physical. With Quinn and those guys shooting the ball the way they do, they are a tough team to play against. |
I thought it was good, it just didn't fall. |
I'm not thinking about a record. I'm just thinking about winning. |
I'm not worried about it. I'm sure Farley will change a lot of his shots to get him in a mindset of blocking every shot that goes up and then that big guy will think twice about going in there. |
I'm sure they've been looking forward to this game. But we're just here fighting for our survival. |
If we break it right we'll get a lot of easy buckets. So we know we have to come in with that mindset of being aggressive offensively. |
If you go into the NCAA and lose a game, then the season's over and there's no momentum built into the next year. You can say you went to the tournament, but you lost in the first round. But now you can say we have a chance to go to New York and win a championship, so guys can feel good about it. |
If you saw the Villanova game, we played a great game. They just shot the ball tremendously. There is nothing you can do about that. At the same time, we have to stop Notre Dame from the three-point line. If we do that, we'll be in great shape. |
It got a little rough out there. But we're scratching to get back to New York, and we were going to do what we have to. |
It was like old times. It was like a big weight coming off my shoulders, actually. |
It's going to be fun and maybe if we get after them early they'll come out of that style. So we definitely have to be the aggressors from the start. We've seen presses before and done well against them. I think we match up evenly with them. They have a couple of great shooters and a big guy, but we have that too, so it's just basically the press. |
It's good to be back. I thought that just my presence out there would pick guys up, and everybody really picked it up on defense tonight. Defense was the key. |
It's not for me, it's for years to come. This is a springboard for next year. |