Sean Kline Quotations

We've adapted. You can tell a difference in wind and conditioning at first. We went pretty hard (Wednesday). We have all day (today) to get our legs back. It shouldn't be a problem.

We need a road win. Road wins are huge. Every win is huge in the Big Ten. It makes this game more important because we have not had a good showing on the road, and we need to prove ourselves if we want to win the Big Ten.

I don't think our confidence should have dropped, but it has because of the way we've been beaten on the road. We're a good team, and a great team here in Assembly Hall. It's going to be a war.

We're on the brink of being a very good basketball team, but a very good basketball team wins road games, and they just don't win at home.

We have to be clicking on all cylinders, and that's our game, is making three-pointers, with our spacing and Marco inside. We have to make threes to be in this game. It's got to be a defensive lockdown, make your outside shots, and Marco has to make plays for us.

It felt like I played like it this week in practice, just cherishing every second on the court. Playing like it's my last possession, going after the ball. There's a lot more at stake, and I feel like I've shown that.

(We had) just a lack of focus from the beginning. That will kill you in any game.

They always play us harder. It always seems like they come out and give us a game, regardless of the way the rest of the season is going.

It's just a lackadaisical mentality -- coming out and not being solid on the offensive end and defensively not digging down and making stops. We let a team we should have beaten handily stay close with us.

It's a lot tougher on the road, which we found out at Michigan State.

It's being lackadaisical from the tip is what it is. Even at home we've done it. We've spotted teams huge leads, and it seems like it takes us four or five minutes before we think the game begins. We've gotten away with it at home, but teams don't allow you to do that on the road.

I'm not sure he was given a fair shot from a fan standpoint.

I'm not really sure he was given a fair shot. He may think that he was, but I'm not really sure that he was.

I know they're an excellent team. (They have an) inside-outside game; lots of length; lots of ability. They're men underneath, and we have to combat that by playing smart, blocking out and taking five guys to the defensive glass.