I take the blame for this one. Being a senior, I should be able to do more. . . . I’m not blaming it on that one possession (where he lost it). We were up...

This is the second season. This is where we start. We’ll put the preseason behind us. This is the time where we need to be focused. This is about getting better in practice every day.

We have to stay on our toes because they will be coming for us. They are at home so we’ll have to bring our ‘A’ game.

I was just being me. They feed off me. (Coaches said) ‘If you don’t stay aggressive, who else is going to be aggressive?’ So I took that in and slept on it. That was big.

Man, this was big. It was emotion. It wasn’t boasting. That’s my role on my team. My team, my coaches put that confidence in me.

In playing four years, I became a man. You go though a lot of trials and tribulations. And you go through a lot of good and you go through a lot of bad. At the...

We’re going to win all seven; that’s my plan. I don’t know about all that other stuff.

It was just our intensity. We wanted to put them away. We went on a little run and wanted to keep pushing it down their throat.

No team wants to go through that.

That was a big one, man. We know how good we are. It’s just us going out there playing. We went out, played our game and had fun doing it. It’s a confidence thing.

Stuff like that I don’t worry about because I can’t control it.

We came together more in these last two games than any team I’ve played for in my four years at Arizona.

An average first half and we pull it out.

It’s going to be big. It’s a big road game for us, and we just want to keep things going. The team chemistry is going good, too.

We like flying under the radar. If we make it to the Final Four, we won’t care what (ranking) number is beside our name.

We know how good we are. We’re just going there and playing our game. It’s a confidence thing.

I felt protected around her. She was like a big sister to me.

We are all right. We’re not going to underestimate anybody. We knew we could play with anybody. It was best to go out there and show it. Our confidence is up and skyrocketing.

I told him at the beginning of the year he’s going to be the X-factor. His upside is unbelievable. He needs to keep doing what he’s doing. He’s a great player.

(The Badgers) were throwing up a lot of contested shots, and we were getting rebounds and pushing it down. We played our game. We put them in a situation where they were on their heels...

Just like any other game, we need to put this behind us and look at some film. We wanted the ‘W,’ but we have to learn from it either way. We’ll bounce back.

Our defense got them out of their comfort zone. We limited them to one shot, and with our guards getting the rebounds, we were pushing the fast break.

All I was trying to do was (re)find (my game). It went away from me. It shouldn’t have. Sometimes you get frustrated, but that’s life. You have adversity, and you just try to deal with...

They played well. You’ve got to give props where it’s due. That ball was just bouncing their way, really it was.

I am being patient and letting things come to me. The team and the coaches have confidence in me. They feel everything with me is about being patient and in a groove.

You always think that maybe there’s something you could have done or should have done.

I like how we did it. We pushed the tempo and got the shots we wanted. It was big for us.

I just didn’t get any looks and I didn’t want to force it. Shots weren’t falling, and then I wanted to get my teammates involved.

A team like that, if they get another opportunity to shoot, they’re going to score.

I’m just playing my game and having fun doing it. My teammates have been my biggest supporters. And the coaches have been right there with me.

He’s trying to make you into a better man and person. You come to college . . . and you’re on your own. You learn from your mistakes.

We are not going to underestimate them. They always play good here. Last year we had a big game against them, and they came to play. They will be ready to play.

We came in competing and went out competing. That was a big thing. We didn’t fall back. We didn’t put our hands down when they made a run. It was so close.

She brightens my day! Every day I’m smiling, I’m thinking about her.

It was those little mistakes. They came out aggressive. We just had to be patient. And late in the first half we did, letting things come to us. We made that run and got back...

Man, I’d love to do it . . but I can’t come at everybody like that. I try to do things by example. Follow me and hopefully I’ll take you to the top. I’m doing...

I was down; things just weren’t right. It was frustrating, (but) it happens.

It was big for us. Everybody came out and played with the mind-set that they were ready to play defensively and offensively.

The key was anticipating what he was going to do. He was on my (left) side, so I had to go baseline. I knew at the same time I was quicker than him.

Around this time, we came together more than any team I played with. We wanted to get it done real bad.

We still played good defense in the first half, but our shots just weren’t falling, … Our defense was clicking. In the second half, we just started knocking them down. We were attacking, and our...

We’ve got to get back on this horse.

That doesn’t surprise me. Against a team like that, if they keep getting second chances, they will score. We don’t want to play defense for two minutes (per possession). Our biggest thing was one shot...

It’s tough. We played a good game but couldn’t hold on.

We laid it on the line. I have no regrets.

I just make sure the ball goes in the hoop. That’s it. At the same time, you gotta be careful. But he wasn’t that type of player; he wasn’t going to go under you.

They’re not going to back down, and we won’t, either. It’s going to be a challenge, but right now you’ve got to accept the challenge and be ready to go.

Everybody’s confidence is coming around. This is going to be a good season for us. Everybody is on the same page. Nobody cares about anything else but winning basketball games.

I just try to make sure he’s all right, that he’s good as a person.

We definitely made a statement. The past two, three years they’ve had our number, so it’s fun to come in here and get a game with U-dub.