Marshall Strickland Last Quotations

I think this team has a different mentality after the two wins we just picked up at home. You can just feel the difference with the guys. Our confidence is returning and that's something that is going to be very important for us to get a couple of road victories this last week.

We were actually trying to get Marco open on that last play. Dials was coming through the paint and it was my job to get Marco open so he could get the ball. In the process I got a good piece of Dials and he went right through me. Regardless of the situation we were going at Dials because he had four fouls.

Coach Marsh has really been on us a lot the last couple of weeks. That's carried over to the games.

We've really come together as a team, and that's what helped us get through the tough times. These last couple of weeks we've played good basketball, and it's paid off.

I think it's pretty obvious that we opened some people's eyes the last few weeks. None of us expected a six seed, but I think it tells you a lot about how people view our conference. I just think this shows that we did earn some respect down the stretch.

It was becoming a distraction. We were aware of it, but all the nuisance of the buzz. ... Now it's out there and we can go out and play these last five games.

There was a lot of emotion. It was my last home game, coach Davis' and let alone the game that we need for our NCAA Tournament hopes.