Steve Alford Five Quotations

We know we're down to five games (in the regular season). We have to do our part ? we have to play well.

Since those things broke we are 7-2, and five of those wins have come against top 25 opponents. There's a Big Ten title in there, and I think that tells everyone where our energy and focus has been.

Hopefully, they can finish here during the last five weeks. Because it's been a special year, thus far.

We're losing five really good seniors. They've been absolutely perfect leaders. They've left a lot for the returning players to work with.

We had absolutely no issues academically at all. Our five seniors are all on pace to graduate.

This was a big game in a lot of ways. If we can get five wins against Top 25 teams, that's pretty special. You can't take that away, and it bodes well when we look at the postseason.

Some teams really try to execute and score, other teams just get the ball in. That will dictate whether we go man, or whether we go zone. If you can win the under-out or side-out game, by two, three, four or five points, that sometimes might be the difference in the game.

That's why we're the No. 1 league in the country. It's obvious. We respect everyone, and we have to play well. ... We're down to five games, but a lot can change. Teams near the top could be in the middle. Two weeks from now we might be talking about teams at the bottom no longer being at the bottom.

They've been on the top of our league for the last five years. They've been the team to beat for a long time and not a lot of people have been able to do it.

There's a lot that can change in five games, including the standings. Two weeks from now we might be talking about teams at the bottom of our league no longer at the bottom and teams at the top of the league no longer at the top.

Ohio State is five points away from being undefeated and a top?five team.

In the last five minutes, they were the tougher basketball team. They got the stops they needed, and we did not.