J. Horton Team Quotations

We have to go in there and be tough. Playing an IU team you have to be mentally tough. Those guys play really hard and they take pride in playing at home. We have to go in there and be tough, execute and value the ball.

We were a young team, ... I remember going out there, we were a young team and (the coaches) we were scared to death of just getting beat bad.

We've been here before. We've had winning streaks, we've had losing streaks, and we've had blowout wins and blowout losses, so we've run the gauntlet of emotions. With this team I don't think it will be a problem for us responding to the way we played Saturday.

I would say every team in the NFL and 75 percent of college teams run some form of it on third down.

but at an enormous and unacceptable risk to the team of interviewers.

It bothers me, because it's not on him. The team didn't perform like we should have. And to read articles about him like that makes me mad. I can't say the things I think when I read those things, but it really hurts me. It's gut-wrenching sometimes.

I think you'll see them in more of a flow this game. We'll have better chemistry. As far as working those guys in, hopefully, it can do wonders for our team as far as taking care of the ball with two seniors back and then get good shots on offense and be a better defensive team as well.

I was very happy with the finish. We followed our game plan to the tee. It was the best team effort of the season. Everybody contributed their best throughout all three rounds.

It feels amazing. The reason we won is because our team has more heart than anyone. We train hard.

We knew that we had played a great team and competed with them toe-to-toe. But at the same time, it gave us a direction to go in our program. We knew too that we weren't the caliber team that they were.

When we play defense with that kind of energy, we're as good a team as I've ever seen.

We weren't strong enough, and they made savvy plays. Vincent is a great player, and the defense of their whole team was great.

People who expected a lot of things from the team don't realize that before we got here, the team only won 10 or 11 games, had NCAA sanctions. And people wanted national championship success right away. We knew it wasn't going to be like that. We knew it was going to be a long grind and a process. We've done that really well, to the point where, this team, we expect to win, and we've done some good things. It's been a great ride.

It's going to be another tough game. They're another team that's probably as athletic as we are, and they have really good guards, too, so we'll have to come out ready to play.

The best thing is the team targets children with information on how to keep themselves safe. After teaching a class, instructors ask children to write them a note. This gives children a chance to tell someone what happened to them without it being public knowledge in the classroom in front of their peers. It also gives the team a chance to make sure the children received (the information) all right.

If you could sweep a team like that it would do wonders for our confidence.

Being a good free throw-shooting team has always been a point of emphasis for this program. We work on free throws in game situations as well. It is a big staple of this program.

He's another tough guy who really guards, he helps us become a better defensive team and he knocks down open shots. That's one thing we're going to need when we go on the road against a team like Illinois.