“I'm a firm believer that things happen for a reason, and maybe somebody didn't want us to win that game. It was a tough loss, possibly the toughest since I've been here.”
“It doesn't matter that we've never seen the family. They lost someone defending our freedom, and we owe them more gratitude than we can ever give them. We're really happy to be able to do this.”
“It just goes to show you can have a high ranking and be undefeated to a certain point, but once you lose a game, if you start losing consecutively, just like that everything goes away.”
“They probably had a couple of things up their sleeves. Coach saw the sombreros. They had to keep it to a certain point. I'm happy they didn't (say nasty things). It would have just brought negative attention to us.”
“The team from last year had been through so much together. We came from the bottom to the top with that team. This team hasn't realized how it is when it's really bad. Ideally, I don't want us to experience that.”
“The last two times they played at our house it got pretty physical. There were a lot of scuffles, a lot of confrontations. I'm pretty much expecting the same kind of Arizona State.”
“He was feeling it tonight and that builds your confidence up. That has a lot to do with it. This was the most 3's I've seen him shoot in a game. He shot it so confidently and he knew it was going in. It just looked nice. Once you get that rhythm and feel, the game just seems like everything is open for you. Everything comes easier.”
