Bill Carmody Quotations

Mohamed is making a difference for us. He's played well the last few games. He's getting his hands on everything. He's practicing well and taking responsibility for things.

Mohamed always surprises me. It used to be he'd make one good play for every bad one, then two good plays for every bad one, and now he's creeping toward three good plays. He's a risk-taker, and it turned out well for us tonight.

Moore came through for us and finally got his confidence going. That was key. He hasn't shot it yet, so it's good to see him do that. He's a basketball player. Maybe with the young guys, I expect too much too soon. But I look all across the country, and guys are doing it as freshmen, so why can't he?

If we don't get out-rebounded by 10 or more, then I think we can be OK.

If they had won (against Minnesota), there's a possibility they could look past you. But still, when they're at home they shoot the ball extremely well, which they did not do (against Minnesota). Certainly, they'll probably be a bit more focused because of that loss.

I didn't like his body language out there.

But we will be a little more fragile this time.

I expected him to be here and be ready to play. It just didn't happen. I thought our guys played hard. I thought our guys hung in there during a tough situation.

He is doing a great job running their team. He's shooting when he should, he's passing when he should, and he's making sure the ball gets in the right guys' hands.

He's persistent. He doesn't get discouraged. He's a quick jumper to basket, a good shooter. I think he's the best low-post guy in the league. You have to keep the ball from him.

I think the lack of success hurts in a lot of ways. Somehow, you have to win and see if that can help (the program) ? I don't know if 'snowball' (is the right word) ? but incrementally get better.

I thought the guys hung in there in a tough situation. Don't get me wrong; I'm not happy. But I thought the effort was pretty good.

I thought they controlled us from just about the start. They got pretty much what they wanted on offense.

I think they have a good chance tomorrow.

Our guys were worn out. It just seemed they were a little fresher than we were.

Sterling was very active today. You need a guy like that, especially with Mohamed not in there.

We were sort of inept (in the second half) and their defense had something to do with it. That was the game.

Yeah, it's tough to win on the road.

When you don't have an inside presence, you have to rely on your (outside) shooting, and we just weren't able to do it.

We're the worst three-point shooting team in the league. We shot 31 against them last time. We said we weren't going to do that again.

At Northwestern I have to continue to do it. If there's a kid in the Midwest, for instance, and other schools in the Big Ten want him, I might be the third or fourth guy on the list. I'm not getting kids, so I have to go elsewhere. That's true in the other conferences. If you're not the top dog then it's tough to recruit the same area, so I have to go elsewhere.

At the start of the game we simplified (the offense), just went with a couple things. But when they weren't working, we probably went to some pipe-dream things.

Dillon made big play after big play for them. He really hurt us tonight.

Don't tell anybody how we did it. I don't want anyone else to know.

I should have called a timeout. I'm upset with myself. I take full responsibility. I have to make that call.

I've said and I still say they are the surprise, to me, of this conference, that they are doing what they're doing. They had to replace so many people. They're still overachieving in my view.

The speed, shooting and quickness of both teams is pretty daunting. But I think we're playing decently right now so it's as good a time as any to go on the road.

Sometimes you get a lot of European guys who go over to Canada and play in prep schools there. Toronto has been good for long time, and people are discovering it little bit more. Montreal's not as good, but there are some very good teams.

Teams are better in transition at home, at least that's what I've noticed. At least we are. We are clearly better at home pushing the ball up and down the court for whatever reason.

Normally, I call a timeout in that situation. I am taking responsibility for that. I saw a transition and Sterling going, and that is his strength. It looked like he was going to be able to get to the hole, but it just did not happen. I should have called a timeout.

This is a big win for us. Because we haven't had any big wins in the conference against the top-tier teams.

They had to replace so much. They're still overachieving in my mind.

They had a stretch where they turned the ball over a bunch of times, but we were doing the same thing on the other end, so it's only a matter of time before they get going, and they did that.

Then they got some penetration and they started to look for Dials.

Not that many people interested in Northwestern and Purdue, huh?

It seemed like he was all over the court.

They were the aggressive team. They have some guys that like to bang in there and we have guys that like wide open spaces - the prairie guys.

They just came after us and we weren't able to handle it. Their pressure on our guards really bothered us.

I'm glad we beat a really good team tonight. We really needed this.

In the first half, neither team was stopped offensively. In the second half, they started stopping us and they kept making shots, and too many of them were open looks.