Mike Davis Quotations

We're moving more than a grade level a year. That's way more impressive than anything we've done so far.

We know D.J. is out indefinitely and maybe out for the season.

We're right where we need to be. The mind-set and the attitude, everything is perfect right now.

We've been in a situation the last three weeks where if we lose, we are probably out of the tournament. That situation has really helped us. We showed a lot of character and kept going and going and going.

We hope to talk to our group, and see what direction they want to go, ... Then we will let Mr. Marra speak and we know he will have some good information.

We've set up more surveillance cameras since it all happened.

Lester Abram is a 15-, 16-point guy. Chris Hunter is a seven- or eight-point guy. Hopefully, he'll have his guys back by tournament time, and they'll be very good. Every game I've played against him, somebody's been out. Every game.

Matt Painter has done probably the best job of any coach in our league when you look at the players he lost.

Maybe the next game I'll tell them to shoot all threes and they'll go inside.

If we didn't have him in the second half, we lose the ballgame.

If they were going to rally behind me now, they should have rallied behind me a month ago, I'm just joking about that. Please don't write that. It's just a joke.

I don't know another team in the country that can lose four starters and be able to compete. The scary part is that they are all coming back next year. Then you are looking at a Purdue team that could be in the top two or three in pre-conference (next year).

I didn't want us to take any 3s tonight because of their size.

I feel like that is disrespect for me as a coach. If I can bring players in recruiting-wise, why can't I coach them?

I can't say anything about that. But I will say I did not curse or say anything disrespectful.

He has no nerves. I mean, he fears nothing.

He doesn't have to score for them to win. He's one of the best in our league, if not the best, at getting things done. We know it's going to be a tough game because of him.

He needed to hire some consultants, and because we were unable to pay him any additional funds, he has been on hold. He's getting ready to crank back up again and go full force on that project.

Hopefully we can split this week. It's definitely going to be challenging for us.

We looked like a team that's afraid to play on the road.

He is one of the best players in our league. You are not going to stop him, so you have to try to contain him. We have to play the defense we know we can play. Our defense over the last four games has improved, and that's the way we have to play.

James came to Indiana to do both sports, so ultimately the decision is his. He had a great football season, and I am really proud of him. He has a bright future ahead, and we want to do whatever is necessary to help him reach his goals.

It broke my heart to hear the news about Jason Collier. My sincerest condolences to his family in this difficult time. He was a great young man that I had the pleasure to coach at Indiana. He will be sorely missed.

Last I heard, he's out for the season.

I thought we had a chance to put the game away in the second half. We played not to lose instead of playing to win.

Our plan was to miss the second free throw at 0:00.8. Since it went to two (seconds) we had to make the second free throw. At 2.1 a lot of things could happen in that situation.

Our offense is a little better when our defense is better. We got a chance to push it in transition and get some open shots. That was the difference late.

Marco hasn't surprised me at all. He's been exactly what I thought he would be.

Marshall played 40 minutes and he was the best conditioned player out there. He never got tired. He was great.

Marshall is playing his best basketball the last two games. He has been really good for us and hit for double figures in both games. He will help from an offensive standpoint.

It feels good to come home and play. We kind of panicked on the road.

I think right now, we are playing well. Defensively, our intensity has stepped up. The energy and effort we are giving is more important than the wins. I think we are figuring out now that we have to go out and play tough for 40 minutes.

I think every coach, whether or not they're going to be there next year, anytime they have a group of guys they really love and appreciate, I feel more sadness for them than anyone because they fought hard. They really fought hard over the last month. I'm proud of them.

It doesn't make any sense. I've been under fire the last two weeks not only by fans but media, and we were one game out of first place and were ranked in the top 20 during that time. ... If we were five or six games behind, you'd probably have an argument.

It hasn't been a weight off my shoulders; it's a weight off of (the players' shoulders). To see them play under the pressure they had played under, and now to see them having fun and enjoy practice and enjoy the game, that has been a treat for me to see.

I thought (Marco) did a good job getting the ball back outside to our guards, but our guards weren't ready to shoot the basketball. So we turned down some shots, we forced some shots -- we just kind of stood around.

I'm struggling, but hopefully I can shake it.

That's a tough offense to cover. I asked (assistant coach) Bob Skillman before the game, can we hold them to 21 points? We held them to six.

We in the baseball community have been anxiously awaiting this for years.

We'd prefer to wait until the end of basketball season and then rip the floor up, but we have a short window to get it ready because we're probably going to have to have graduation in the gym again this spring. There's so much uncertainty with FEMA funding that when we're told to move, we're going to move as quickly as we can to get FEMA to pay 100 percent of the cost.

We played a very good basketball team tonight. They made the game too hard for us. I thought we gave everything we had in the first, but the way they played, the way they shot the basketball I don't think we could have won. They did what they had to do, and they took care of the home game.

We do have people that are looking into it, and we're optimistic that FEMA is going to pick up 100 percent of the cost.

We've got one more game left. We have to lick our wounds and hopefully end the season on a winning note. Hopefully the kids won't pack it in and I don't think they will. We have a ways to go to play in the same league as CBA and so does everybody else. They've blown everybody out this year. We just have to gather ourselves and see what happens next week.

We can't give up big plays. They score both on the run and pass on the blink of an eye. With their passing game, they spread you out and see the whole the field. They're that type of offense and their quarterback is cool back there. They have a number of weapons. They're running back is very good. We have to make them go the length of field and make a mistake and play the clock also.

We just didn't play with a whole lot of intensity, with that passion and energy we needed to play with to win the game. We didn't really execute, we didn't keep our poise.

We got off to a great start, a blazing 15 points in the first half, the best I've seen our guys shoot the basketball. Just kidding, just joking.

We got off to a great, great start. The problem came when we started putting them on the free-throw line.

We played with a lot of intensity. We are playing better, way better than ever before.

We had some guys just look over that game and just take it for granted that we would lose. We have to go in there and try to win. This can't be a game we go into and say, 'If we lose it's no big deal.' It's a big deal.

We won't know for sure on him until later, probably a couple of days.

We can't take credit for stopping Dee Brown. He just missed some shots. I don't want to make him mad, and have him score 40 points against us when we go there.

You have to be very sure that you are getting the right size. If it's any millimeter longer, shorter, wider, it's not going to fit and it's going to look crooked.

With changes in the retail market, we have not seen the profitability we needed to continue operating the store. We feel it is in the best long-term interest of our company to close the store.

With all the things that have gone on, I thought today was pretty good. I thought we took a step in the right direction because I saw some guys fighting harder than what they normally fight and I saw some guys miss some shots they normally make.

There are a couple of bad spots here and there. We were able to place certain things in there, but the wood that's broken will all be replaced.

We've just got to win four games now. The magic number for us is to try to get to 17 wins.

We are ecstatic about Cem's decision to play at Indiana, ... He has a wealth of talent and should contribute immediately. Getting a player of Cem's talent this late in the recruiting process is a big bonus for us. Our coaching staff did an outstanding job in this entire process and deserve the credit.

Tucker is by far one of the top two best players in the league, along with (Illinois guard) Dee Brown.

You can just see it in their faces. It's not the same team. Because we lost one game or two games on the road and it was like the end of the year. When you think about that, it doesn't make sense. At all.

We've got a chance to win the conference if we take care of home and win some road games. I think sometimes people forget we're in second place, and it's a shame these guys have to hear and read what they hear and read. We're trying to win a Big Ten title.

This team is a better basketball team because this team has bought into what we're trying to do. But I can't talk about last year.

This was the first time I saw guys kind of not ready to shoot the basketball. If we are wide open, I don't mind us taking 40 threes ... Our guys just looked a little gun shy.

This was probably Marco's best game. He had seven offensive boards; didn't commit any silly fouls. That's the play that we need for us to be a good basketball team.

This was probably his best game. He had seven offensive boards. He didn't commit any serious fouls ... That's the player we need for us to be a good basketball team.

With him breaking it on Saturday, it was devastating to him, and some of his teammates. When he came back, we were a Top 5 team, that's what (the players) were saying and feeling. I could kind of see it, our guys were down today without him.

We just need to focus on winning a game. We don't look at it as trying to get into the tournament. We're just trying to win some basketball games.

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We missed some wide open shots. They made theirs, we missed ours.

We went from being a very deep basketball team to only having enough to practice today.

You get used to scoring 10 runs a game. This one kinda felt like we were going through the motions. You've still gotta go through them, though. And if this is a bad day, I'm OK with that.

To win a road game for us in incredible, trust me. It came at the right time.

We didn't make them pay tonight. I thought Matt Painter just had his game plan that Marco was not going to beat us. Marco got the ball out but we didn't take advantage.

Before, I just used vacation time when we did tours.

Being a part of this, knowing I won't coach here anymore and won't coach these guys anymore was definitely a tough situation. But I'm proud of them, and they can hold their heads up high because they did a great job fighting back.

Bobby is basically getting it off the ground for me, helping get it started. But once the ball gets rolling and we open up, it is pretty much going to be on me.

Every game this year I've been batting 3-for-4 or 4-for-4 and scoring runs, doing whatever I can to try to win. We have a team this year that I think can go to states. It takes a whole team to do it and I'm trying to do my part.

At the end it felt like we played not to lose instead of playing to win.

First of all, we have to get back in transition, and we have to keep them off the offensive glass. They are probably the best in our league at those two things. It is going to be important for us to do a good job in those areas because they scored over 80 points against us. We cannot let them score 80 points this time.

I should be trying to coach basketball and our guys should be enjoying their college careers. But I don't know if I've had a team that's had positive memories out of this whole deal since I've been here.

The whole year we've gone with Marco because he's our inside guy. If you don't have him, then it's a different style of basketball.

Teams have made adjustments to our point guard not being able to shoot the ball. They haven't played our point guard at all. They've been playing us five-on-four. I wonder why it took so long to make those adjustments. Now I have to make some adjustments.

Seeing him in practice every day was just like a dream come true. He's been everything that I thought he would be this year.

Dee Brown is one of the best players in our league. He's going to come in and try to carry them by himself. He did that in the Michigan State game.

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A.J. probably played his best game in the first half.

You're sad because as a competitor you'd like to go to the national championship game every year. I'm happy because six years from when coach (Bob) Knight was let go this is still a program. I'm very disappointed and sad I didn't get it done the way I would have liked.

This is the best team -- other than Duke -- that we've played to this point.

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They have an experienced team, so playing on the road will not bother them. They beat us here last time we played, so they will have confidence coming in here knowing they could win at Assembly Hall.

They have a good basketball team and they just lost some road games. That's part of being in a good conference. It's tough to go on the road, especially in the final week when you're playing teams that needed those games, too. Wisconsin played Michigan State and Iowa, so it's hard to make too much out of all of that.

They executed much better than we did. They blocked us out and beat us to the loose balls.

They are the only team this year to win at Illinois, so that goes to show you they are capable of beating anyone at any time.

They're so fast on defense. We're undermanned and undersized. We can't play teams that have that type of quickness and skills. We tried everything on offense. They're as good as anybody I've seen in a while. I knew we would have more trouble with their defense than their offense.

They're so fast on defense, ... We're undermanned and undersized. We can't play teams that have that type of quickness and skills. We tried everything on offense. They're as good as anybody I've seen in a while. I knew we would have more trouble with their defense than their offense.

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It's a lot of work putting the floors down again. You have to make sure the moisture is just right because if it gets too much moisture, the floor swells. So, you have to make sure that the wood is at a certain moisture level.

It looks marvelous, ... The greens look perfect. The fairways are in wonderful condition.

It's unbelievable. I love the way the fans are supporting us. ... I can't tell you the last time I smiled and had so much fun. I'm really enjoying this. This is the way it should be.

(The basketball teams) play on it. I think the men's team is undefeated at home, so I guess we're doing pretty good.

It's important to establish home-court advantage. I think we're playing pretty well right now and we need that to carry over to conference play.