We put ourselves in this position to not play a Thursday (first?round) game. It's tough (playing three games in three days). We did that last year, so we know what it's like.
When our leader goes down, we're going to fight. The game got aggressive and we had to take it up to another level. And I think we did a great job doing just that.
It was a game we should have won. It was a game we should have dominated.
Our defense was really our stronghold there, and our guys did a great job of hitting some key shots. We had a pretty good lead and then got careless. The way they can shoot the 3, no game is out of reach.
We definitely have to concentrate on winning games. It's a little different being on top (of the Big Ten).
At the start of the game we were all excited. I think Jeff did a great job of settling us down.
We came out and played our game, and everybody had a hand in it.