They just wanted us all to play a role; I don’t think the coach wanted any of us to dominate. Mohamed and I were counted on to rebound, Lee to shoot threes and Ryan to...

I don’t think anybody’s ready to leave yet. Everybody loves each other and we want to come back and try to repeat. We’ve proven that we’re the best team in the country and we’ll be...

We just didn’t execute down the stretch like we needed to. Same exact thing happened twice. We didn’t play as good as we can and we didn’t execute at the end of the game.

Everybody wanted to see us lose. We just had to make the Cinderella story a different outcome than all the ones in the movies.

I think it’s kind of expected out of me to contribute. I haven’t been doing that as much as I should be doing the past couple of games.

We don’t really get caught up in that kind of stuff. That’s a lot of talk.

That’s the guy that talked all that crap about us in the Alligator before. That’s him right here.

That’s just how it is; that’s how people are, how they think. If we go out and lose in the first round (in the NCAA Tournament), everybody will say, ‘I told you so.’ If we...

Personally, I think we’ll be pretty good. I think we’re a defensive, stopping team, I think we’ll score more points than a lot of people think that we will, but I mean I think we’ll...

If Peyton saw how Lee shot the ball, he’d have to be proud of him. I don’t know as far as (Manning) it being an inspiration or anything but Lee played great, one of the...

We were just a little more hungry that Kentucky. We wanted this one for so many reasons.

I don’t really care who we play. We just want to win. If everybody wants to think [beating lower-seeded teams is] the way we got to where we are, let them think that.

I don’t have to pinch myself. I knew we were going to have a good team from the beginning. It was only a surprise for you all. We knew about this last summer when we...

I can’t say I’m surprised. We’ve been playing together a while and impressed a lot of people in the summer. I’m not going to pinch myself. You know, I’m not cocky, but I knew we...

I’m unhappy because we just lost. We thought we had it in our hands, but we just didn’t execute.

It’s hard to believe we’re here in the state of Minnesota. I never thought I’d go to Minnesota for any reason. But here we are, and we’re excited to be here. I’m glad I don’t...

A lot of point guards aren’t used to a guy 6-foot-8, athletic like Corey, guarding them. It was great for us. They couldn’t get anything going.

We have a lot of different people that can go out and get 10 or 15 [points ] a night, and that’s tough for other teams to match up against. They might focus on two...

The thing about our guys is they don’t need the money.

If he plays like this every night, we won’t lose.

I don’t think we’re Cinderella. We’re kind of like Superman.

I think it’s a great chance (everyone will stay) because none of the people who have an opportunity to leave are really hurting financially. That helps us out a lot. Everybody might not love school,...

It motivates us a little more. Away games are a lot tougher to win. So, our mindset has to be right. We’ve lost two road games already this year. I know all of us think...

It felt great, but we don’t feel as good as a lot of people may think about advancing to the next round because it’s just another game.

He says he’s really happy for us. But it’s eating him up inside to see us do this.

Anyone who would say they’re not, subconsciously, they are. Everybody wants to get the best seed they can, so it can be easier for them in the beginning.

We still feel like we’re the better team. We kind of let it get away from us. If we were to play them again, I think we could pull it off. The same thing happened...

I think they’ve played excellent. David stepped up big game in the Ole Miss game and Walter has been stepping up ever since he’s been starting. To me, I can’t really ask them for too...

We want to win it, and we’ll do whatever it takes to win.

If everybody comes back like I’m anticipating, we’ve got a great chance of doing it again next year. The scary thing is we still this year haven’t played our best ball. I think if everybody...

His improvement is more of a shock to the fans. We always knew what he was capable of doing. Now he has the opportunity to showcase his skills.

We’re going to be eager all day. I bet most of the guys wish they could get up at 7 p.m. and then just go play. There’s going to be a lot of sitting around,...

That was the plan for the whole game, but we just didn’t do it. We tried, but they played good defense. Once we got it worked out, we kept going at it and going at...

Everyone knows how good we are. We just haven’t been playing to our potential a few times. A few times we let ourselves down. But I think we’re a pretty good team when we do...

Moss played great. He got a lot of key early offensive boards, got some big-time points and some key stops.

Some of those players in New York have made a name for themselves in those parks and I guess Jo played pretty good against them. You know how street ball is, there’s no referees. It’s...

If they want to leave, I’m behind them 100 percent, if they want to come back, 100 percent. The chances for them being drafted a little higher could have gone up a little bit because...

Everybody was quiet. I don’t know if the loud bunch of students graduated or what.

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.