Will Blalock Quotations

We're not going to settle for jump shots because they say they are going to stop it. They still have to stop it. We're going to run our offense.

We really focused on the big three. We kinda slowed them down a bit, but we couldn't slow the perimeter down.

We've seen this stuff happen to us before.

(McDermott) a proven winner, so I know he's a good coach. He said he wants to build a program around us. He says he knows we're good players.

No one's panicking. We know what we have to do, and we're going to do our best to do it.

Points - we always knew he could put them up, but now he's being more defensive-minded and that's what we really need on this team.

If we don't win it, we are going to the NIT.

I don't know who decides that. We don't. The coaches must.

I feel like I have played against some of the best players in the nation while competing in the Big 12 and I am ready to test my game at the next level.

If we are hot, we'll keep shooting, but I don't think we'll shoot that many again. You can always come down and jack up a three. We're going to try to get away from that.

We've got to get there more. If we only shoot five for the game, and we give up 27, that kills us.

We looked at each other and all of a sudden something clicked in.

He can play all over the floor. We need him to continue having big games.

There are some winnable games from here on out. Hopefully we can make something out of nothing and make a run toward the NCAA.

I want to thank the fans, the students at Iowa State and everybody who has stood by me for these three years. I also want to thank Coach Morgan for all his help and assistance. I feel like I have played against some of the best players in the nation while competing in the Big 12 and I am ready to test my game at the next level.

Living in a city where I do - somebody shoves you all the time, so I'm kind of used to it. After a while, I'm smiling and it's like wow, I'm back at home again.

We doubled him every time he got the ball. Defense like that has to carry us the rest of the season.

We finally started playing some defense. We got it down to two points, but then our offensive efficiency lacked. We couldn't get two things going at once. We played good defense, but we couldn't get it going on offense. If our offense clicked, we struggled on the defensive end.

We finally got the monkey off our backs. We're ready to pick it up now.

We finally got the monkey off our back. It feels good.

We're excited to get going. We've got a great group of guys, and some new guys who can play. We just need to find out who we are, work hard and keep getting better.

We should win the game. The first five or 10 minutes is key. From there it's just outplaying that team. Every year, (the Red Raiders) are pretty solid, no matter if they are having a down year or not.

We've been knocking them over with those pads. Inside there is someone that is tough. We just have to bring that out of them. (Taggart) has been tough, he just doesn't play as tough.

We wanted to take his 3-ball out of the equation. In the second half, he woke up and really played hard for them. That's why they got the win.

We'll just have to wait and see what happens the rest of the way.

We knew he was going to step it up. He came up to me and Curtis and told us he was going to take some of the bricks off our shoulders. He made it a lot easier for me.

We've been telling coach we want to start playing more man-to-man. He told us that if we give great effort in practice that he'd try it. Now we can guard anybody instead of going 2-3 (zone) all game.

We went toe-to-toe with Oklahoma, and we figure they're probably top three in the conference,. Now we're figuring on our schedule, we should be able to beat anyone. Guys don't have their heads down; we realize we should have won that game.

That was a big win for them. They are probably in.

They stepped up and were really aggressive. That's what I want to see night in and night out from them.

They get after it. They pick you up full court, and their guards gamble in the passing lanes. That's how they get steals.

They have a lot of talent and they're going to be good. They played some good teams early on. They took their beating and after that they learned from it.

It's probably one of the best feelings in the world. Especially when there's 16,000 or 17,000 people there screaming the whole game, saying 'You suck,' and knowing that scoreboard says you win.

Oklahoma State had something like 10 straight possessions in the first half without a basket. Our defense really stepped up.

They've never worked this hard in their life, so I can't really fault them, but after a while, it's got to register in your head that if a kid gets 18 points in the first half ... I've got to do something to stop him.

They've got those two perimeter shooters and three elite big guys; it's hard to contain all five of them. They hit too many threes.

I'm going to keep hope alive during these next couple games that something turns. Losing three in a row, going to Oklahoma, is not what I envisioned early on.

I'm tired of people making excuses for them, saying they're young. They're young, but they've got talent. They have to come out and use it.

He's the key to everything they do. Every play is designed for him. We had somebody locked in on him all the time in our match-up zone.

I'd have to be not picked at all to come back. It's been a lifelong dream.

I don't want to say they don't care. But it seems like that sometimes. It all comes down to heart, and sometimes we question their heart.

You can't say they're young and we are gonna beat up on them. It's not going to be like that. They've got a lot of talent. They took their beatings, and after that they've learned from it.

All I know is that the coaches said we're wearing yellow. Sometimes we wear yellow uniforms for big games. Sometimes we even wear yellow uniforms on the road.

The coaches say we went from Hilton Magic to Hilton Tragic. On the road, we really bring it. I can't explain what happens at home. It's crazy.