Alando Tucker Quotations

You look at their faces after a loss, it's tough. You lose one at home in the Big Ten, it's always tough. You have to realize that this is still early.

With some of the things that happened in the past and earlier in the season, I knew we were going to go through a tough stretch. We have to stay strong. ... we can't give up. We have to keep fighting (and) keep competing every night.

Everybody has to be on the same page and everybody has to have confidence. Teams are starting to tweak their defenses where they might not guard two or three guys on our team, thinking they don't have the confidence. We need all five guys to have the confidence in order for our offense to run as smoothly as it has in the past.

That's one of the things coach Ryan has been trying to get through to some of my teammates - when to attack...he always says when to hold 'em, when to fold 'em. I think that's what we're still learning and still recognizing as a team, as a group.

It's only just begun. I don't want the guys to start thinking we're going to walk into games and get victories. The madness is just starting.

Stay poised. We knew they were going to get up. We just figured if we stick together, keep running our offense and don't get rattled, we could still come out with a win.

We just weren't finishing. But we wanted to stick with our game plan. There was plenty of time left.

I was confident in what we had done over the course of the season that we were going to get in. I felt good about it. It's just that you're anxiously awaiting to see where you're going, what environment you're going to get stuck in.

It's always bad when you have to lose guys. Him being my best friend, it's really hard to see him have to hang up his jersey. He has a great career ahead of him.

That's what always gets me through the tournament. ... It gives me that extra energy that I need.