Hopefully, being an older team it can work in your favor. Hopefully, we can take charge of that (opportunity in the NIT) and do very well. |
Hunter was a big difference for us ... I thought he had a really, really solid game. |
I am biased to our seniors. I am very much attached to that group of players. They are the type of players you always want to be in your program. They have done anything and everything we've asked them to do. |
I am not sure we have faced a team like that before. |
I can't say enough about Jason Williams. Boy, is he a tough player. He's relentless. He scores inside and out. |
I can't say enough about the effort Graham Brown gave us against a frontline like Indiana has. |
I do think right now he's giving us a stabilizing feel. |
I don't know what has transpired the last few games - the way he has shot the basketball, he's not shooting as well. I don't know if it's more attention being focused on him with those other guys being out that's wearing on him. I don't know, but we have to rectify it. |
I don't think one win or one loss puts you in or takes you out. I really don't believe it works that way. I think the thing that is helpful for us and healthy for us is to focus on what's in front of us. If we can somehow put together a terrific effort and win that first game, then I can say it doesn't hurt our chances for making the NCAA tournament field. |
I don't think that we were sluggish. I thought they played an exceptional basketball game early and that put us on our heels. |
I feel bad for Lester. I don't know how severe it is but it didn't look good when he went down. But he's as tough as they come. |
I have a lot of respect for what Coach Odom has done with that South Carolina program. |
I mentioned to our players, when they get a chance to interview, they should certainly mention the effort and the impact the crowd had. |
I really believe the way we've played on the offensive end has really taken the life out of us defensively. This has been my biggest pet peeve about basketball in today's time. It seems to be when players aren't scoring, their energy and life to play the total game isn't there. I think that has hurt us defensively. |
I really feel like we're moving our program in a direction we're all going to be very proud. Right now, certainly, we're growing, we're maturing. More than anything else, I think you see the confidence growing. I think that's the key word for us. |