Jeff Adrien Game Quotations

I was just trying to get in there and step it up and try to feel comfortable. As I played more, I felt like I was getting into a groove and I just played hard and kept going to the glass. We started getting more active in that Washington game and we wanted to carry it over to this game.

We were kind of playing like that the whole tournament. Rashad saved us last game and Denham saved us today. It was a matter of time for us to break out, but we just didn't do it. We haven't been able to put teams away.

This game was really a big game for us, a statement. They got real happy after that first win and we had to shut their mouths. Today we had to go out there and show them we're not what they think we are. We are men out there.

It really felt like it was the last game of the year. The Syracuse loss really affected me. I don't like that feeling. There's only one way out and that's give every limb of your body you've got.

That loss at Marquette was just a bad loss for us. We came back on the road at Syracuse. This was a statement game for us. We just went out there and played basketball and made a statement. The statement was that we're here and we're here to stay. We're not pushovers. We're not little boys. We're men out there.

It was like the last 15 minutes of the Syracuse game. We played hard and we got into each other.