DeAndre Haynes Quotations

We knew they'd play that way because they are a real physical team. It is hard to get in there and battle and box out their 7-footers, and then they have five guys crashing the boards on every shot.

When things are going well, you don?t want to change anything about your routine.

We're all going out to get (matching) black socks.

First, coach tried to give us this one play, and we didn't know what was going on, so we changed.

We all felt like this was our year. We weren't going down three times.

We had to keep our composure. We were turning the ball over. A couple of times I had to settle the team down.

You've just got to give credit to Pitt and all the shots they made. Everything they were putting up was falling in.

It's an honor to be in that position, and I fell good to be a candidate. If it's between me and Youngblood, and it comes our way, he's my brother. So if he gets it, I'll be happy. If it comes my way, I'd be grateful.

It's a reality check for us. In the MAC, you can never stop playing and let your guard down. We have to be ready for every team in the tournament, because everyone is going to be coming at you.

It means a lot to us, coming home for this game. We've got the home-court advantage.

I just penetrated if I had the shot. If not, I hit the man who was open, and Jordan stepped up.

He told me he missed it, and I'm going to miss it, too.

I?d hop in the shower, get out and go eat, then go back in the shower. I had to keep doing the same routine. All my clothes had to be laid out in the same spot on the bed.