“The Tournament doesn't always reveal who is the best team. I don't know if people think we're the two best teams. But we're the two teams playing the best right now.”
“They knew how to handle every double-team, they passed out of it great and then they made open shots. They didn't turn the ball over. Everything our defense is designed to do, they were able to go against that.”
“You know, sometimes we rely on our defense to get offense for us. I just had to let the game come to me. I probably just needed to slow down, shot fake, do some things better to get my shot off.”
“There was nothing on me personally. Sometimes we rely on our defense to get offense for us. I just had to let the game come to me. Maybe I was trying to hunt the ball a little too much. As a result, I took myself out of the flow. I had a couple of opportunities in the paint, but I didn't slow down and do some things better to get my shot off.”
“Our coach talked to us about it before the game. We were pretty focused on the game, though. But again, you know, our heart and everything we do on the floor is always attribute to him, whether he's healthy or not.”