I'm very pleased for Courtney. His presence was a huge difference for our team. |
If it ended tonight, I think we'd be in. There's a lot of basketball left to play but it doesn't hurt to have this win on our resume. |
It didn't help, so obviously it's tough. |
It feels great. But we know things like this can be short-lived. While we're here, we're going to try and enjoy it. |
It happened (against Minnesota), and it was an incredible turning point. It was also very deflating, but it's also part of the game and was bad timing for us. ? I'm not sure you can really explain it. We just did a poor job. There's no excuse or explanation. I wish we had an opportunity to do it over again. |
It is tough to win with some many turnovers. Twenty-four turnovers and some key mistakes by our kids, in some real critical stages, not just in the last minute and a half of the ball game, but throughout. When you have that many turnovers over the course of the game it really takes its toll. They turn it over 20 times, we turn it over 24. It wasn't a pretty game from that stand point. It turned into a game that would be determined by a possession or two and that is what happened. |
It was a gritty effort by both teams, but hitting those three-pointers was the difference for us. Tonight, we did a horrendous job of finishing at the basket. We were fortunate to shoot such a high percentage in three-pointers. |
It was a spectacular play. It was a big momentum play. You could see their energy increase. It was demoralizing to us. |
It was an incredible time for him in terms of emotions and adversity. |
It was really a struggle for us offensively. |
It's a disappointing ending and loss for us today. You can look at a lot of different stats. But nothing is more telling than 24 turnovers. That was our undoing this afternoon. |
It's a signature win for us because we recognize how good Illinois has been. It was also important for us to stay in the thick of the Big Ten race. |
It's a very tough league and the way our teams have played all year and now with everyone beating each other in conference play it will only stay that way. This league has shown its mettle over the long haul. |
It's certainly a situation I disagreed with and I got a technical for it and I deserved it. |
It's healthy for our kids to look at this as we're the No. 1-ranked conference in America and we were able to finish .500 with Michigan State and we split with each other. They (the Spartans) are a team no one's talking about not being in. |