Lute Olson Team Quotations

We're the defending champs and I think we're capable of defending that championship, but there are some very good teams we're going to have to beat.

We are the defending champs, and I think we are capable of defending the championship. There are some very good teams that we are going to have to beat if we are going to do that. But I don't think there is anybody who has a better chance of winning it.

This team has exactly the same record as the 1997 team (which won the championship). And I remember in 1980, we came here and beat Syracuse -- and they were a one seed -- and then we went on to the Final Four, which was . . . in Indianapolis.

We just got absolutely hammered on the boards but Michigan State does that to a lot of people. I want to acknowledge the courage and the heart of that team following what I thought was the best preseason game I've ever seen to go to another overtime and be able to sustain that effort.

I don't know if somebody could win four in a row. There isn't a team in the conference that can't win one or two games. But it would be difficult to win four straight.

There's no question the team that played the hardest and the smartest ... won.