Trent Johnson Played Quotations

Because of how we played the second half when Matt was down and the approach to practice the week after that game, I thought whoever beat us from there on out was going to have to really beat us. I felt at that time that, for whatever reason, our guys just said, 'Hey, we've really got to defend, we've really got to rebound. We've really got to play with a sense of urgency.' And I feel we've done that.

We haven't played well against quick, athletic, tough, defensive-minded teams.

We played in one of the more hostile environments, so, yes, we played with toughness. We were in the game.

I thought we played well offensively and defensively, and we shared the ball better than we have all season. Virginia, finding out they had to come cross country ? it looked like they had a bit of fatigue.

We probably played as well as we have to date. We're playing better, we're getting there, and it's a good time to start doing that.

The last time we played at home we got beat by a really good team. I thought tonight our guys were really looking forward to the challenge and knew we had an opportunity to be successful.