We didn't want to be co-champs. Deep down, you want your first conference championship to be an outright championship. We controlled that by winning and Washington losing.
We played very well today and we knew we'd have to. We presented this to our players as a school with NCAA tradition, and we told them that this was a good team that was very athletic.
We don't have the cushion any more. We had it ... then we lost it.
It's a pretty tough bracket. We have a veteran team. We'll be fine.
I thought we had the game in control. We were in position to make plays and we didn't make plays.
He was the guy who put us over the top. He brought us the combination of size, talent, competitiveness and a very high basketball IQ.
This is a bigger game than most because of the historic and traditional aspect of their program. They are one of the storied programs of college basketball.
He's a force. We were willing to give up some inside points as long as we were not giving up 3-pointers. We did all that we needed to do to win.
We've done a pretty good job of getting the first run of the game and of the first half this year.
There's no substitute for good shooting, particularly 3-pointers. We were working the ball and pushing the pace to get good shot attempts. And we made them.
