I couldn’t really hear him at the end because I was so involved in the game. But when I looked up, I saw him and when I could hear him, I listened.

I want it real bad. And I’m gonna do whatever it takes for us to get it this year. Nothing else is more important at this point of the year.

At this point, we’re all we’ve got. We’ve just got to play hard, that’s all I can say about that. … We’ve still got a chance to do some great things.

We didn’t do a good enough job getting the ball into Paul in the post. That hurt us. We never really got into anything offensively.

We never really got into a good flow as a team in the second half, and that really hurt us.

I think this would be a great opportunity to win a championship. During the regular season, we really didn’t get the chance that we wanted, so this is a great opportunity for us to make...

It felt good to come back and play at the crib. We ain’t had nobody root for us in a long time, so it felt great.

We couldn’t get into the stuff we wanted to do.

I felt I had to do something like that. I sat out for a long time and had to make up for it somehow. I had to take over the game and help Paul out.

We noticed that, but in reality we have to take it one game at a time.

It was a game we really needed to advance (in the standings) more than the rivalry.

We really didn’t do anything offensively.

It’s tough because it happened so fast. At one point we were up there, and now we’re at the bottom. It’s tough to swallow right now. … Things aren’t always gonna go your way. That’s...

We’re all going to let it go.

We just can’t allow ourselves to get down. This is when we have to band together.

I tell him he’s got to do what he’s got to do to take care of his body and play hard. Right now, it really don’t matter how tired he is. This is it right...

They’re a small team. But they’re scrappy and they play hard.

He’s one of the best big men in the country, in my opinion. Just having him in there is going to cause so much problems for the other team. He ain’t really got to do...

You never realize how much that meant when we had three or four guys on the wing. We all kind of split minutes up and we were still happy. We really miss those guys a...

We noticed that. But we’ve got to take care of this game (George Mason) first.

They rebound pretty well offensively. They have some athletic players and are playing better. They’re athletic at the wings and like to run.

We have to take care of the ball early, and just run our offense more crisply. We’re one of the best teams around when we put it all together, but we have to do it...

Me and Paul (Davis) and Shannon (Brown) have to play at another whole different level to where we can make up for the youngsters. (Tennessee Tech) got a lot of second-chance points (in the first...

I was a little surprised. Honestly, I didn’t think we were going to win by 30. But you know, every team has their night and we had ours tonight.

We did a better job not fouling, not hand-checking. I think it helped a lot.

Those guys stepped up. I feel fortunate to have them as teammates.

You can score a lot of points and still lose. But I think if we defend like we did tonight, we can beat a lot of teams.

We definitely let an opportunity slip away.

We did some good things defensively. But we got to continue to fine-tune the rest of our game.

I’d rather score two points and win the game. At the end of the day, that’s all that matters.

We always know where each other are at. I like to run, and he looks for me. We always talk to each other.

I’m not even thinking about that. I’m not mad at him. I’ve never been a person to hold grudges.

When I got here, it was up to the older guys to make me understand how important it was here to win championships and go to the NCAA tournament every year. And that’s my job...

We’ve got to get Paul Davis going. Once we get him going, that’s going to open up a lot of things on the outside. That’s the best way to play, inside out. Right now, neither...

That’s one of the best dunks I’ve seen since I’ve been here, and I’ve seen a lot of dunks.

It’s a new season. We’re just trying to start off ripe this week and continue to move forward.

It’s happened so fast. It’s tough to swallow right now. We’ve got to be a team, be men, keep going. Things aren’t always going to go your way.

A lot of times we played right into their hands. I feel if I would have played halfway decent we would have come out with the victory.

I’m going to miss playing with him. He’s a good dude. I’ve known him since high school, and we became pretty close friends. I’m going to miss that the most.

It’s hard to focus on three players on defense.

They really hurt us, especially because they led directly to baskets.

I don’t care who you’re playing ? they lead directly to baskets.

Trust me, man, I’ve been here four years and I felt like I’ve seen it all. We’ve played the cream of the crop every year, so I don’t think we’re afraid of this schedule. We...

I told coach I had to make up for the time I missed. I sat out for seven or eight minutes. The game was on the line. … I just felt I had to take...

When we play that way, it’s tough to beat us. The key was passing the way we did.

Winning a national championship. You really can’t top that. … I feel like I’ll be kind of underachieving within myself if I don’t win a championship before I leave.

It happened so fast. We were up there at first and now we’re at the bottom. It’s rough.

Destiny isn’t really in our hands anymore. All we can do is win our games and hope they lose. We’re not going to let this destroy our whole season.

It’s rough on the road in the Big Ten. We can appreciate being home a lot more.

I think we took a good step. Illinois played the same team (winning 61-42). And in the back of our minds, we were measuring ourselves against them. One of the reasons I came back as...