Even if you’re in an empty gym, it’s hard to make the 13 shots he did.

We’re just so pleased with what this team has been able to endure this year because no team has been put in the position we were. I think we’ve made tremendous progress. The biggest thing...

I don’t know if we have anyone who can guard him. Jones has always been good in the lane, but now he can step out and hit jump shots.

I would rather help my dad out than anyone else. We recruited him for two years. Most people his size are either skilled or athletic. You make money when you have both. He’s going to...

When he was out of the game, we could pressure them more.

You have got to give Daniel Gibson some credit. We were guarding him and even if you’re in an open gym it’s hard to make those 13 shots.

I’m so proud with what this team has been able to endure. No team has been put in the position we were.

It was great to see the little things work tonight. Your first close game like this is always tough, and to do it with such young players is great.

We would rather have John on the team than play against him, but we’ll help him any way we can, … We are just really thankful that he stayed and played for Baylor for two...

They’ve earned their minutes. At the same time, we know it’s tough on them and hard playing this type of schedule without a chance to warm up to it.

When you go through something like this, the worst end of it is often your second year rather than your first year. Last year we at least had some upperclassmen.

He hit the big 3, a contested 3. In games like this, it comes down to who makes the big shot. He hit a big shot.

I know from a coaching standpoint, like proud parents, it’s great to see the little growth during the season.

The light is definitely at the end of the tunnel.

Curtis came in with a Big 12 body. It’s tough for people to overpower him. He’s very good offensively, but we’re really proud of the way he’s progressed defensively.

Normally you’re looking at a five-year process to revitalize a program. If you’re in a situation like we are, it takes one or two years to sift through what happened just to get those five...

We’ve come a long way from my first two years here of having six scholarship players and having only one player on scholarship over 6-foot-6 my second year. This year, we had 10 scholarships, so...

The first step in this league is to compete. You also really need to win your home games.

We’re very excited with the progress we’ve made in a short period of time. Our goal is to be a competitive program as soon as we can, rather than waiting.

They have the talent and the athletic ability and the depth. They are right there.

The great thing about playing games is you get a chance to find out what you need to work on. Rebounding was very obvious. They did a great job of picking us apart defensively.

I was so pleased we won, because it was the only time I think we were able to win on senior night. At the same time, anytime you can beat a coach Knight team, there’s...

You’ve got a senior who struggled, didn’t make a field goal, but it doesn’t affect his game because he finds a way to get other people. Fourteen assists was tremendous.

Obviously with a young team, the more time the better and we don’t have a lot of time. It gives us a stepping stone in finding out what we need to improve.

At least this game, we were in it. They had the cushion in the second half, but it wasn’t a 30-point game. I was pleased with how we competed for 40 minutes.

Dang, that layoff wasn’t that bad. But the adrenaline wore off a little bit and you have to play in games to get used to game situations.

With other players, you can get into a situation where you can take them out of a game. Richard Roby? You can’t contain him. You just have to hope he misses some shots and keep...

Roby is as good as anyone in the conference.

You could tell there were definitely nerves, jitters. The only way to get over that is to play games.

Kansas has the talent, the athleticism and the depth to be at the top in this league. They are right there.

The great thing about games is you get to find out what you need to work on. Rebounding is one, and then they picked us apart defensively.

Penny is an impressive young man. He is an excellent student who is extremely hard working and driven to be successful in academics, basketball and life.

That didn’t work. When you play a great team, they can do two things: score inside and score outside. It’s tough for us to stop both.

There’s only so much you can accomplish in practice. We accomplished all that. And we made it through as a team, and still like each other.

In the first half, we tried too hard. In the second half, Aaron said we’re not losing this game, and everything rolled from there. I think coach Knight might be seeing Aaron shooting those jumpers...

It’s just a matter of time before Aaron breaks out of it.

Penny’s best basketball is ahead of him. He grew up playing guard and has grown eight inches in the last two years, which gives him the unique quality of possessing height as well as perimeter...

They really pressured the perimeter and with pressuring the perimeter, it made it tough for us to get people open, so it created more one-on-one play. We’ve got to do a better job of finishing...

I was probably more excited for this game even than the Texas Tech game because of the crowd, energy and excitement.

Right now in the Big 12, any team can win any game depending on who plays well and shoots well.

Aaron had a very busy summer, and that’s something a lot of coaches fear. I don’t know if that has something to do with it. Sometimes international experience can wear on you.

We are looking forward to next year now that we have a full season. I?m just proud how our team stuck together and handled adversity. There was a lot of prayer time.

He’s just a winner. He is one of those guys who just hates to lose.

There are only a few advantages we get by not playing any games. One of them is having the other team not know who we’re starting or what we’re doing. So, we’re going to hang...

We’ve looked more forward to every game than any other team.

The good news is we’re getting closer. Bad news is we’re not there yet.

With a young team, physically, you’re normally not as developed. And when the season starts, you’re in a maintaining mode. We have been able to keep the building mode for a longer period.

He just lightens up a room with that smile.

It’s good to get back in the routine. The best thing from tonight is it gives us a steppingstone on what we can work on and improve on as a team.

We want to play some more. We want to be here for a couple days.