I felt good only because it gives you a chance. It’s definitely still not in our own hands but it does give you a chance.

I did not feel that we were in sync. I think you have to give Illinois some credit for that but I also think you have to give us some blame.

We played Gonzaga, we played Arizona, we played all these overtime games, and I told (my team during a late-game huddle ) I thought we’ve earned the right to win this game. I felt, looking...

We just weren’t in sync half the night, with guys out in foul trouble. It got to the point they were afraid to drive, afraid to do anything.

They are a never-quit team. I told my team when we were up 16 that they could come back. They deserve more credit than we do blame.

I think we all realize that we’re all pretty even (in the conference), and whoever comes to play, there could be monstrous swings, whether you’re home or away. There aren’t many teams right now in...

You do have to have good teams, let’s not kid ourselves. And I think Bruce Weber has done a phenomenal job there.

It will be good to be home, and we have to find a way to get back to what we’ve done. It’s not like we have to reinvent the wheel, but we just have to...

Shannon (Brown) was very unselfish today and Maurice (Ager) came to me at halftime and said, ‘I made some good shots in the first half and in the second half I’m going to go out...

It was pretty good after the game ? swelled up a hair. We didn’t practice yesterday just for that reason.

But when you look at what he does, it’s more football-related than basketball. He bangs in there, he rebounds well, he defends well. The work he does in the weight room, the sprints they do...

He’s got the skills to handle the ball, but he needs to get stronger to play at the college level, and he’ll do that.

If we don’t get better in the Big Ten tournament it’s going to be hard to get better in the NCAA Tournament.

I’m going to say what I’ve been saying all year, yes, we are lacking a leader. Our turnovers, 16-12 isn’t ridiculous, but I’m sure they scored on a lot of them.

I said that there could be eight teams vie for the championship. I think scheduling (the Big Ten doesn’t play a round robin, so some teams play others just once) is gonna play a part...

I respect their program, I respect their coach, I respect their players and recruited some of them, and yet I want to beat their brains in. That’s just the way it works.

They’re going to be around because they have a very good team. If they can get consistent play out of people like [Courtney] Sims or [Dion] Harris … they’re going to be around for a...

I’m disappointed that right now, we can’t seem to find the basket with anything. I’m sure we’ve lost some confidence ? we’re going to have to work through it.

I am happy to see him bounce back. This game (basketball) means so much to him. I don’t know many players, seriously, that this game means more to than Maurice Ager.

It’s distracting. I understand everybody has a job to do. I just don’t know what you say. You never can be right. . . . Everybody has to look at every opportunity in life whether...

This is a very, very good basketball team. And it was a big win because we had to win it the defensive way.

That was our best basketball game in maybe a couple years. This was close to a perfect game.

It was a big road win because any road win in this league is a big road win.

Right now, we just can’t seem to find the basket with anything. When you do that, that affects other parts of your game, and that’s what’s happened to us right now. We have to regroup...

I think Ohio State deserves a lot of credit. The last four minutes of the game, they played extremely well. I didn’t think I’d have to go with a four-guard lineup as much as we...

He probably tried to do too much because he was forced into that position.

Now that we’ve got our lineup straightened out the last month, our rotation may be similar to some of our real good teams, … We’re not as good defensively, we’re not as good a rebounding...

We’re working towards it, but he’s got to keep earning it, too.

We were kind of discombobulated. I thought I had better call a timeout. We were scrambling.

I thought we did a decent job on them. We just didn’t score. It wasn’t the offense, it was the missing some shots.

I’ve been watching the Super Bowl, and they could have used (instant) replay on some of those calls. There were a lot of weird calls in that game.

He’s just so athletic and can make the key play.

I know there’s a train wreck coming.

When you play that many (ranked teams) in a row, it becomes a mental strain as far as keeping your guys up. I think it helps that it’s the Michigan game. I think our guys...

I don’t think it’s a concussion, but I do think it was a pretty good blow and he lost some blood.

Turnovers really killed us. We struggled not to turn the ball over.

It’s a big loss for us.

Normally the guys who are successful [as freshmen] are playing on average teams. The proof’s in the pudding the last six, seven years. The problem in athletics is we tend to take that one exception...

I don’t see that being a problem right now.

Let’s not anoint us a finished product because we’re not. But I like the steps we’re taking. I like the fact that players are having some fun doing it.

It was perfectly legal, but it was odd. I just remember seeing Bruce on the plane. I was mad at him, but I still love those guys.

I’ve said all along there were six teams capable of winning the Big Ten, and that hasn’t changed. Iowa has its work cut out for it, but they’ve helped themselves a lot this week winning...

I can’t make any excuses up. As a coaching staff, we have not done a good enough job of adjusting to the things we need to adjust to, whether it be the schedule, whether it...

Even the officials looked at me before the game and said this is special. It was a big win.

We had some spurts when we hit the 3s, … This was an important win for us.

Shannon Brown does have a knack for rising to the occasion in big games. He kind of thrives on the pressure. When I told him he had to take over a little bit, he did...

I think the first five shots we took were 3s, but our inside guys weren’t doing the things (we needed). In the second half, we simplified it, (we asked) the guys in the post to...

I didn’t think we were ever in the game, even when we were ahead. I was disappointed maybe in all ends of the court, for us, but I’d say that Minnesota had the most to...

It’s back to the drawing board on defense. We have good enough athletes and good enough players to get it done. But they’re going to be coached harder in the next three-and-a-half days.

I feel for that kid. He’s only been in six or seven practices in the last two months so we can’t even do what we want to do with him yet.