John Tofi Quotations

I think we've been playing good defense. I think our team is starting to come around ... but we still have a lot of work to do. We've got to slow them (the Red Raiders) down and take away their two main scorers. We've got to get our transition game going and run our half court offense better.

They were tough. It was very, very physical down there, and we had to earn every point we got.

Their defense was tough. I think a couple of times we forced things, just rushed a couple of times. But their defense was good.

I kept calling for the ball down there. But my teammates were telling me there was backside help and sometimes I was even seeing three guys on me. They (the Cougars) did a great job.

I was scared. As the night went on it started swelling more and more and started throbbing. It's just frustrating -- especially at this point in the season. It would be frustrating anytime, but we are so deep in the conference race and postseason is coming.

I really want to beat Texas Tech. We've lost to them all three years I've been here. I think they might be the only team we haven't beaten at least once since I've been in college.