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.