I think that's what made me better. That year off, seeing other guys play, knowing I'd missed the opportunity to be out there. After that, I couldn't quit. I won't quit. I can't put my head down after that.
We didn't want to go out with a major blowout. Me and James, this is our last few games, and if we can get a win against one of the top teams in the country, that's going to be an inspiration for the guys coming back next year.
The intensity, it just isn't there. Beginning of the season, everybody figured us not to win a game (in the Big East), and right now, that's the way it's going. Me, personally, I want to prove somebody wrong.
This definitely was a step back, because we didn't come out with any intensity to win tonight. Point blank, we just didn't play hard.
Coach always tells us we have to find a way. It's what we have to do, instead of thinking what we could do if we had this player or this player. Nobody expects us to win any games from here on out, so we just have to plan on a lot of upsets.
It feels good to not have to talk about what we could have done to win and talk about what we did to win.