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...

It feels pretty good right now. They’re a tough team and we can celebrate right now but at the same time we still have a job to do and finish it off this weekend.

Last year, we had a lot of ups and downs. But as a team we rallied together. It just put us in a position where we see what we can do. I don’t want to...

We’ve been through a lot together these last three, four years. Just playing the schedule we’ve played, right now, we really don’t fear nobody. The seeding doesn’t matter as much to us. We just want...

We make a lot of dumb mistakes. Just mental errors down the stretch. Turnovers. Just mental lapses that come back and get us. … Giving somebody an open 3-pointer. Not being in the right place...