The ball went in the basket and they were struggling at that point. We knocked some shots down and then we were a little more patient. Sometimes we have to remember it isn’t all going...

What I’m hoping is that our guys approach this as, ‘OK here’s some players that have done some good things, the program has been good, let’s not let the program down. Let’s not let what’s...

We didn’t move well, but when you do get a look you’ve got to make something happen. We had some drives to the basket where we shot some floaters – shots that I’ve never seen...

He’ll be able to play as a post player and a perimeter player. That equates to a four, possibly a three, but at this time, we don’t plan on playing him as a five.

Not at all. No way. We knew they were a good team.

All kinds of things could have happened there.

I’ve had that said to me a lot, that I’m good at working a room, … There are people who have questions they want to ask me. If I stand in a corner somewhere, how...

When the ball doesn’t go in, you can’t explain it all the time.

I like the way our guys are executing. Then sometimes if somebody is quicker, bigger, stronger, eventually they’ll wear you down and they’ll impose their will, especially on the road.

Well, he looks like he’s in his early 60s.

Everything was just the way our training staff and medical staff had it planned. He was on the practice floor doing the things everybody else was doing.

Some campuses had a problem with certain establishments emptying out at midnight for people coming over to the ‘Midnight Madness’ and maybe not comprehending exactly what was going on on the court. So take that...

Sometimes that’s a lot to ask, so I’m not going to pressure them into being at a certain stage. As a coach and a teacher I learned a long time ago you’ve got to bring...

I think a true conference schedule, with as good a league as we have we lead the nation in attendance, we have great fans I just think that equal home and away games with every...

It’s kind of like the free throws we’ve given up. We’ve lost a couple games because (against) Michigan and Northwestern, they (didn’t) miss a free throw down the stretch. We just closed out (a victory)...

[As a freshman Harris averaged 12.3 points and led the team in steals and blocked shots. While learning the point on the fly last season, he averaged 12.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and a...

There are so many good guards in the conference that if you don’t have one like Devin, you’ll get buried. He’s finding out that he’s a natural for the point position.

This is all about trying to restore confidence.

I think the way people are talking about how we’re going to be is very exciting, … And If you’re a basketball fan you want to ask, ‘How’s this guy going to look?’

Every player thinks he should win every game. They understand what competition is all about.

You’ve got to remember what was being said about them in November, December, and into January. What’s changed? OK, now what’s happened is the coach is stepping down. But they can play. They can make...

I’ll enjoy the experience as much as possible, but we’re here to take care of business on the court. But it is neat to be here.

We are so generic in our first practice,

I like to protect my players, but I don’t like to make excuses. (But) I think anybody that’s seen our guys knows that was way too quick (of) a turnaround. And, in all fairness to...

Not that I’ve seen. Maybe every once in a while our training staff just talked to him a little bit to make sure, ‘What are you feeling?’ But they’ve done that in the past with...

As I’ve been saying all along, they just have to play a little older,

They’re shooting the heck out of it. They got back to some true home games and got some confidence back. There’s something to be said for playing before your home crowd, in your familiar surroundings.

They’ve only been banging against each other, so I don’t know yet. It’s very important to have an inside presence. As the game goes on, speed fatigues, but height doesn’t shrink.

Honorable mention means that there are people that feel that he’s on the radar screen as far as the contributions. He made enough contributions to be on that list of the top 20 guys in...

It’s the same old story and I’d like to say it’s a different tune, but it’s not. People will say, ‘Oh, you lost this guy, lost that guy’. OK, that means there’s opportunities for some...

You know what they can do outside and they can do it with so many guys. That’s the dilemma. Gotta find a way to guard them.

When you have Dee Brown and James Augustine, two guys who have been through so much a post and a point. There’s a lot of coaches who firmly believe that … in basketball, if you...

My parents and sister can drive 15 minutes and see the game, so you can’t beat that. Coming back is great, but it’s really about our players getting a chance to play in the NCAA...

As I’ve been saying all along, they have to play a little older. Each guy is going to have to mature just a little quicker. Sophomores need to play like juniors and juniors need to...

It’s pretty much been the same practice plan on the first day for 20-some years as a head coach, and I don’t think I’m going to change.

I think they’re hungry and ready to go after another one and keep playing.

It’s the same old story,

He didn’t force anything, and he gets a double-double. That’s a good line for Brian. It’s a good line for anybody.

They’re good on the glass. They’ve been good all year and we needed to be better. When you let them have second-chance opportunities like that, it’s tough.

People that know basketball recognize effort opportunities that a guy takes advantage of and he’s done that every minute he’s been on the floor. Here’s a freshman that’s come in an really chipped in on...

It’s easier for them to know that if they do the right things, they’ve seen it happen where you can have some success. And people don’t jump ship as easily. They don’t get discouraged as...

Over the years we’ve wanted to bring in high school people-not just players-but people who are interested in our team and our program that can’t get tickets, they can’t see us in the Kohl Center,...

The way we were moving the ball, especially early, we had guys catching pneumonia they were so wide open. But then again, when somebody says, ‘Go ahead and let them shoot that.’ I’ve seen Brian...

You can’t play from behind. It’s very difficult. We talked about playing possession-for-possession. We are not athletic enough or quick enough to play from behind. That was our worst nightmare.

You look at some coaching staffs across the country,

Going into Indianapolis, playing Indiana, I guess bring it on. It’s what we’ve caught at the end of the year, and we’ve got to try to make the best of it.

Those are three really good testers for a team to show weaknesses and show how close we are with this group.

OK, that means there’s opportunities for some of these younger guys to jump into those minutes.

There’s not a lot of guys built like him, and he knows how to use his body. If the big man isn’t scoring, he’s not going to get the ball.

They’re attentive, they’re hungry, they have good instincts, they’ve had good coaching and hopefully they’ll continue to stay hungry and hopefully they’ll continue to get good coaching.