John Beilein Second Quotations

In the first half I thought we were just a little lethargic. That created a little bit of a gap. In the second half they only got four offensive rebounds and we played our tails off. We just couldn't make shots drop.

I told Kevin when we were warming up for the second half that I was going to hit four three-pointers,

It's tough to explain. I think we had less turnovers in the second half than we had in the first.

We were two possessions away for almost the whole second half, but I don't want to start that moral victory stuff. Now, we have to get ready to play Syracuse Monday night.

It was a great basketball game. I was proud of the way we fought back in the second half and darn near won the game. Congratulations to Texas. They beat us twice this year.

It was a great basketball game. I'm very proud of our young men the way they fought back in the second half. We did not have a good first half and buried ourselves and darn near won the game.

We knew going in that it was going to be a root canal in the second half. They just went after us with everything they had, but in the end, we were still standing.

You knew the second half was going to be a root canal. They went after us with everything they had with their waves, and we got worn down, but we were still standing at the end.

You knew the second half was going to be a root canal.

You knew it was going to be like a root canal in the second half. They just came after us with everything they had, but in the end we are still standing. You look at our players right now and we got ice bags all over the place, cramps all over the place, but we did not quit. So we keep on playing for at least one more game.

It seems like a year ago that we played. I don't know if it's an advantage playing a team a second time.

He's a one in a million kid. With English as his second language, it's certainly a unique situation.

With 5 seconds it's just very hard to match their quickness.