He kind of thrives on pressure, he kind of thrives on big moments. He took control of the game, under control. And that speaks volumes of a player when he can take control of game...

I thought they were physical. I thought they checked us. I thought they got to loose balls.

We’re the ones coming off two losses, and they beat us down there. I’m sure they’ll be hungry, we’ll be hungry. I don’t know if it’ll be more or less, but I know what we’re...

What I think a successful program is, is not the one who wins it every year, but the one that is truly knocking at the door and everyone knows every year. They are a threat...

It’s as competitive as it’s been since I’ve been at Michigan State.

I think we were too aggressive. Every time we touched a guy, there was a foul.

The NCAA wants you to make sure nobody’s fighting, and then they don’t want you breaking it up. My assistant doesn’t deserve any of the blame for that; I do. I didn’t appreciate the double-technical...

He had someone die over in Iraq that was close to him. I don’t want to make a big deal about that. It’s just something that bothered him that he didn’t let us know about...

The turnovers, I told you, would make a big difference in the game. We did a great job there.

Maybe that’s why I’m walking gingerly, I’m not as excited where our team’s at yet. Because there’s a train wreck coming.

Before Christmas I thought he was hitting a little bit of a wall, but after Christmas I thought he really started to understand things a little bit better and run things a little bit better....

We were out of sync.

I think his team has definitely gotten better since the year started. I think that team could come into next year as the most improved team in the league.

They’ve had moments when they’ve been real good and not as good, and so have we. They still have some vulnerability just like everybody in this league does. It was just two games ago that...

I’m not sure how many people would have picked us to win either road game. We played at the two toughest road places.

I kind of respect and understand his theory, because it’s a lot like mine. He looks at it like the only way he’s getting to the NCAA tournament is to win his league, so if...

As hard as they played, I kind of enjoyed watching them. I don’t know if they’ll ever hit that many 3s again. But I know we’re going to play better defense. And we might have...

I can remember back in the championship years winning by one point and two points against teams that weren’t as good. I’m gonna chalk this up to a win when we weren’t at our best.

They’re playing for a Big Ten championship. They haven’t done that for a few years now, and they’re playing a team that beat them handily. The schedule is somewhat in their favor, somewhat in Ohio...

If you look at our home and road stats, they’re enormously different. Most teams are different, but not enormously different. You get in a little slump, and you don’t get the confidence of the home...

I was proud of my team, staff and assistant coaches, it was a heck of a job. They were a good basketball team and put more pressure on us than Wisconsin. Our shooting and rebounding...

I think it’s really important, for two reasons. No. 1, for the games themselves, and No. 2, so that we don’t get a false sense of where we are.

We did a pretty good job on a lot of guys, just free throws, free throws, free throws.

Our defense was very, very good against a very complex offense at times. A week prep for that offense helped us.

It’s not an excuse. He just struggled as you saw. It was one of his worst games. I felt for him after, and I felt for him that he tried to hold it all in,...

In the first half, it seemed like most of the plays we ran went down, and we held them on 3-point shots after their first couple shots right at the beginning – and we rebounded...

I’ve tried to just keep my mouth quiet. It is a brutal, brutal, brutal schedule. And if you go through everyone’s schedule, which I’ve done, there’s no one even close. But so be it.

If we hadn’t done it before and played well for an extended period of time, I’d be panicking more than I am. I know in the areas that we’ve struggled, we’re better than that.

He is a product of staying four years. He is having an incredible senior year. He’s under control more. He deserves a ton of credit for changing his game. I hardly see him forcing his...

A 12-4 record could win it this season, with an outside chance for 11-5.

Iowa’s good enough to win the Big Ten title. They’ve helped themselves this week by beating Indiana (Saturday) and us.

It reminds you of the NBA draft. If you play well at the end of the year one time, the other 30 games don’t matter. There are times we could be a five, six, seven...

It was good for him to get a little confidence, get some shots up, get a little playing time in.

We asked Paul one time if he was doing that to pad his own rebounding stats or if he was doing it for real.

I said ‘Oh, it’s gonna be a charge,’ and then he jumped, I think, over him. I would normally joke and take credit for that, but that was so good I can’t even joke and...

I’m disappointed that we can’t seem to find the basket. That affects other parts of the game, too. Now we need to regroup.

I know how to move my body. He made a little bit of a mistake, and I took advantage of it. He gave me a little time to take it, and I took it.