The 3-pointer is something we practice a lot, and we have a lot of guys who we feel can shoot it. As long as they are taking good shots, we are going to encourage them to keep shooting. If I knew what else there was to do, I'd do it. |
The biggest challenge we had at halftime was trying to do a better job rebounding the basketball. I thought that was the difference. But we kept our composure during their runs and hit some really big shots. |
The first time I called their house, I didn't know whether to talk to him about his son or ask for an autograph. |
The greatest words you hear in college basketball are Ohio State advances. (The Iowa upset) is amazing. But again, it's all the proof you need that there's no guarantee. |
The horn goes off and your mind goes to Indiana. |
The last time we played Indiana, it was one of our worst defensive outings. This may have been one of the better ones. |
The last time we played Indiana, we gave up 78 points on about 60 possessions. It was one of our worst defensive outings. Today may have been one of the better ones we've had. As you get into these types of tournaments, it's about surviving, and fortunately for us, that's exactly what we did today. |
The light has gone on for Terence. He's seeing the sand going through the hourglass. It's his last week of regular-season college basketball. He's playing more passionate with more intensity. He's limiting those times where he's floating in and out of the game. |
The race is up for grabs now. |
The rankings and that sort of thing, quite honestly I don't pay a whole lot of attention to. The big thing for us is Wisconsin was 4-0 and the only undefeated team in the league. That was a tremendous motivator for us -- knocking off the team ahead of us right now. |
The thing that hurt us was foul trouble, it crushed us. They're a prolific shooting team, and if we left our assignments for a second... |
The thing we looked at was Wisconsin was 4-0 and the only undefeated team in the league. That was a tremendous motivator for us, knocking off the team at the top right now. |
There just weren't a lot of easy points to be had out there. We had to limit the number of spectacular plays they made. We did that. Our problem was we couldn't make a shot at the other end. |
There was jubilation in the locker room last year. This year we still have six games to play n and a lot of work to do. |
There was jubilation in the locker room last year. This year we still have six games to play-- and a lot of work to do. |