We played better [against Milwaukee] than we played [in the first round] against South Alabama. Now we’ve got to try to turn it up even another notch.

Lee was the villain today. The fox, the crocodile, all of that. We couldn’t have asked for a better game.

I think I have the drive to do it. I think I’m capable of doing it.

We didn’t play like we were supposed to in the first half. We want to win so bad.

Everybody wants to win a championship, and to win the first one would be great. It’s a milestone. Nobody else has done it so (we would) be remembered forever for that.

They have a strong front court, but they also have fast guards who can shoot the three and penetrate down the lane.

We’ve got to break it.

I think it’s kind of been hard for a lot of teams to match up against us in the post as far as speed and quickness and all that kind of stuff. If they weren’t...

We didn’t want for them to have that exceptional story — Glory Road, all that stuff. We don’t want to be the team on the movie that got beat, that got upset. We didn’t want...

If anyone wants to go, I’m happy for them. I’m behind them 110 percent. I’ll kind of push them to go.

They stepped up big time. David stepped in and hit a shot. Walter … dominated for his size and the effort he put in.

This game will be a lot tougher. If we just play the defense like we played the last time, maybe a little harder, we should be OK.

I look at this is another road game, because everybody is going against us obviously. It’s another game that we have to come in and execute more than we execute at home. It’s crazy.

We just had to dig in and focus, because we didn’t want to lose. We came a long way and put it in a lot of hard work for us to blow this game.

We can change it. This a whole different team, a whole different season.

That’s the way it is in practice. Every time he misses a 3-pointer, the coaches keep passing it to him until he makes it. We want him to keep shooting.

I think I’m kind of cocky a little bit because I beat them last year and I’m 3-1 in the last four games against them.

It would be like home-court advantage for us. So if we can try to win out and do the best we can so we can get to Jacksonville, it will make it that much easier...

It’s intense. Sometimes, you get tired of losing, so you do whatever you can. You try and foul the guy every time.

We could win championships every year and that’s just how it is.

It’s crazy. It’s like you’re on a stage.

If we go out and win it, we’ll have a greater chance of going to Jacksonville, even though towards the end of the season we didn’t play as good as we’re capable of playing and...

I think a lot of teams got the idea that they could run over us because of our past. That’s not going to happen. We’re a different group of guys.

I don’t look at them as underdogs. I think we’re underdogs in a way because everybody is pulling for them to beat us. Everyone wants that story to have a perfect ending.

Why do we have to lose? If we play our best, there’s no reason we can’t run the table.

I’m not saying anybody in the past didn’t want to win. I wasn’t here and I wasn’t a part of [all] those teams, but this team just wants to win so bad. We’re competitive. It’s...

It was a lot of going up and down the floor, post moves, finding different ways to score.

I think he’s one of the best free-throw shooters in the country. He never misses, so it’s not the smartest thing in the world to do.

(Jacksonville) would be like home-court advantage for us. It would make it that much easier for us to win and make it to the Sweet 16.

I think it’s been hard for any team to match up with us in the post as far as speed and quickness and all that kind of stuff.

There was nobody talking to us when the season started. Now look at this.

Minnesota. Nobody knows anybody here. We’re in a foreign place.

We want to win the championship. That’s what it’s all about. Just winning the championship.

If Peyton saw it he has to be proud of him. Lee played great and it was one of the best I’ve ever seen him play.

You give yourself a little workout before you get into the game running to the scorer’s table.

We’re a pretty unselfish team. We all like to keep each other involved.

You watch him on film, and maybe you think he’s a little small. So you can bang him inside or do something with him. But you get out on the court, and he’s completely different.

We didn’t want to be a part of their movie. No Glory Road . We didn’t want to be the team in the movie that gets upset by the good guys.

We won’t be happy until we win it on Monday night, if we’re fortunate enough to do that. If we win it, that’s when we’ll be able to say we’re happy to be here.

That would make it that much easier for us to advance to the next round. It would be like home-court advantage for us. So we need to try to win out and do the best...

I think all of us have competed for a championship at least once in our lives. So all of us know how to deal with it. It’s kind of like we have a test. You...

George Mason is just another team that wants to win as badly as we do. They deserve the Final Four. If we come in with the wrong mind-set, we won’t be playing very long.

The best part is nobody is jealous. Because if we keep winning, the attention goes to all of us, anyway.

We want to win the championship.

We don’t get caught up in all that (favorite) stuff. It’s just a lot of talk. We came in (to the season) as a team that might not make it to the NIT and now...

It’s just regular length. If I had to, I’d wear them. But I don’t think we need the short shorts.

The last time I did something like that was in high school.

You’re still talking about it. We’re ecstatic [about this win].

It’s great being here, but I don’t think it’s good enough. We won’t be happy unless we win the whole thing.

Our four big guys can run with guards. And we all know it, so when we go on a fast break, it’s like a track meet with us running side by side down court.