Grant Stout Quotations

Shows that Iowa farm boys can play with anybody.

I was in between, whether to go out and block it or not. If I went out there and he missed it, they might have gotten a rebound tip or he could have dumped it down (low).

We get our reps in, then the guys who come off the bench more scrimmage a little bit more than we do. It's good as long as we're there mentally for the practice days.

When you shoot, you're in control. This was harder, sitting there waiting for someone else.

We think we're deserving right now. But we know that every win puts us higher.

During that game, you can learn a lot about one player.

The big talk around practice was that a few reporters called him the best post player in the Missouri Valley. Stuff like that gets you more prepared to play someone like that.

It was emotional. He's a good guy, and he cares about us. He cares about what we're going to do in the next 10 years.

It was a tough situation. We either wanted Benny or Crawford to come off a screen, but they defended it well, and they plugged up the middle of the lane. It was a tough play to make.

It was an in-between decision whether you go block it or not. Because if he misses it and I miss it, they're going to get the rebound and tip in for the last second. I was kind of hesitant.

Not only is he tall, but he's smart. It's hard to practice against something like that.

In order for us to reach our goal of winning this conference, you've got to get wins on the road. This was big for us.

His goal is to raise as much money as he can, to use the basketball program for further research and fundraising.

The first 10 to 12 minutes of the game will decide how we play. If we get rolling, establish an inside game and knock down some shots, that's going to decide how far we go in this tournament.