If that’s all part of it, so be it. What we know is that … we’ve just got to do things better than them in order to get it done, in order to play again...

Tucker has put himself into a leadership position, because of how hard he works in conditioning, in the weight room, in the hill, all the drills. Because of his personality, he works hard all the...

If you don’t show some patience against Northwestern, they’ll just eat you up. You’ll be scratching your head wondering what happened.

We just couldn’t figure things out in the first part of the second half. We figured it out, but couldn’t do it physically.

Just hearing you ask that question makes me feel good.

The three of us appreciate where we came from and how we got here,

Defensively he’s better. Passing, you know, he’s been able to catch the ball in the post or attack the paint and find people. He’s done a pretty good job of that. He’s stronger with the...

Highs, lows, it’s all part of being a teacher and a coach, … I look forward to every season with the same mental approach that I’m responsible for developing young men into being players and...

You take 22 years of basketball (away),

I like it for these players who are working so hard, to take care of these three against NCAA Tournament teams.

Don’t know yet. Sometimes it’s out of necessity that you play a freshman right away. Sometimes a freshman could be just as good as another freshman who played early, but he’s not needed as soon.

The guys try to do too much too soon after sitting because of foul trouble. You get a little out of sync.

Him being a leader returning means that he’s going to influence other young men into having better years they might not have otherwise,

Basketball is a streaky game. The best thing to do is get something at your end and we went some stretches where we didn’t do that.

These guys aren’t professionals by accident, … They’re very sound fundamentally, they execute well, they’re extremely hungry and aggressive in their play.

That was his shot in the 1920s and 30s.

We’re all relaxed talking to one another. There’s not a prince and princess thing working here.

He’s obviously a very good player who gives us a dimension where he draws attention from the defenses. His ability to score in some different ways is always something that will help the whole team.

We did a much better job today than other games getting in position and getting people off their feet. That’s how you get to the line, and then play with the lead.

And then you take a look at what we’re returning.

I don’t know where we’d be without him. That’s not conversation. That’s a fact. He has that kind of impact on the people around him.

We have played three straight NCAA Tournament teams in fairly hostile environments.

It was a hard-fought game. Our guys got some pretty good looks. We won the battle over the grabs and we won the turnover battle. We didn’t get it done where it mattered, and that...

He’s worked his way back into where he can do some things in practice, … The next couple of weeks will tell a whole lot.

At the end there, if we score on the three or four possessions when we had a shot, we could have got it to three or four points … who knows? When you come into...

After five minutes of that Memphis game, … I shut the VCR off, walked out into the kitchen, got a cup of coffee, turned around and went back into my office at home, and just...

We are not athletic or quick enough to be able to play from behind. The players know it. The coaching staff knows it. That was our worst nightmare.

It’s very easy to communicate with them because somebody’s talking and somebody listens and vice versa,

That’s been the biggest key so far. Our young guys realize it is a transition.

Their bench players filled in great for their big guys and played better than their starters.

You know, not every year is the same,

A lot of teams have the potential to be in that top six or seven, which hopefully at the end of the year will lead to teams playing on after the conference.

At the end of the season here, we know we played three straight NCAA Tournament teams in fairly hostile environments. If that doesn’t help you get ready, I don’t know what does.

That’s when you have to take advantage.

There’s a lot that goes into it now, and I never know from year to year how good we’re going to be as far as record and everything else, … But I just know that...

Adversity can reveal character, and I’ve certainly seen an awful lot.

Nobody finished the season in the two best away gyms in the league like our guys (did).

The thing we didn’t want to have happen happened. You can’t play from behind. It’s very difficult. We are not as athletic or quick enough to play from behind.

All three of us, … are trying to have top-notch programs.

He’s a heck of a player.

We are where we are and we go to the next game. I’ll let other people judge whether that’s good, bad or indifferent because they’re all entitled to their opinion. I’m just getting ready for...

They’re still young men who want to be successful and be a part of something that is successful. So I always start with that as the basic premise, … And then you show them to...

I see in him a young man that’s always wanted to be a Badger, works hard, listens, makes the other guys better in practice, just does all the things a coaching staff likes to see...

All three played in pretty good (high school) programs, and that always helps coming into a college situation. But being the first practice, it’s still too early to get a read on the freshmen. They’re...

I think they made a statement that it’s been a pretty good season for such a young group.

The toughest part for bigger-than-average people is to move your feet and to get your feet in good position,

It’s very difficult to ever try to analyze this without paralyzing yourself.

We needed to have those guys on the floor when we had Indiana missing shots and they were struggling for a while. We needed to have our strength out there…and maybe open it up to...

I’m not making excuses or apologies for how this team played. Penn State is the only team as young as us in the (Big Ten Conference). We played in the NCAA tournament. We just got...

We figure 7 p.m., people can get there of all ages, they get to the Kohl Center, they see us play some games and have some fun, … When most people see us only during...