Famous Quotes & Sayings

We can play any style. But we've been in enough physical games like this now and we know how to handle it. We have some tough kids. Our man-to-man defense can be stifling and it's nice that I do not have to put in some funky defenses just to stop people.

We dropped some games earlier in the season where if our defense had been better, we would have had a better chance.

Arron Afflalo

We'd probably lose. That's what is keeping us on top. Our defense leads to easy buckets on offense.

We do work very hard on defense and knew we had to make some adjustments to play this team differently than we did the first time. We gave them too much of an inside presence over at our place.

We couldn't find the rhythm on offense because of our defense. We usually get it going with our defense. If we play defense like this, we can't do it.

John Beilein

We're all trying to get as many wins as possible and they took a major step with the win tonight. I thought they played tremendous defense on us. We couldn't make shots the way we normally do.

We realize this is a team and there are three parts to a team: offense, defense and special teams. We're not pointing fingers at the offense or anything. We just realize we lost the game. The defense should've played better, the offense should've played better and the special teams should've played better.

Justin Miller

We realized that when he had pressure he got scared with the ball. He'd throw it real fast. The defense stepped it up a lot. That's why I have to really give congrats to the D line. They stepped it up a whole lot. We were able to get pressure on him and he started getting it off faster and started throwing interceptions.

We played much better defense in the second half.

We played mostly man-to-man defense and then switched to a 1-3-1 and were able to shut them down.

Craig Smith

We played like a veteran team, and that's what we expected from this squad this year. I was happy with our defense and our special teams, too - I thought we played very, very well.

We played in-your-face defense and ran out to a 16-3 lead in the first quarter. At half, we led 22-10.

Phil Davis

We put (Jeffrey) Thornburg on (Josh) Johnson and he did a great job. Our linebackers did a great job. The defense did a super job all night,

Jim Haslett

We put in new guys last year. We tried to simplify some things. Hopefully this defense can pick up where it ended last year.

Bruce Thomas

We pushed ourselves on defense. It takes the pressure off the offense.

We played hard, but they just took it to a whole new level on defense in the second half. We didn't have the room to run our offense.

Chris Duhon

We played hard and our defense stepped up. They only shot about 32 percent (23-of-71) from the field, but they made the shots down the stretch.

We played great team defense. They got us for one big play which shouldn't have happened ... but the defense played exactly how we wanted them to. When we give up 14 points we expect to win.

We played great team defense. The guys were diving around all over the place making plays. ... Graves did a great job.

We played great defense. We've played pretty well defensively all year long, in fact. We've played far better on defense than we have on offense.

We played great defense the entire year. I think some people underestimate how well we play defense on the perimeter and in the paint. I think that's what kept us in the hunt.

We played great defense starting out. We just denied them. They had just nine shots in the first quarter.

We played great defense in the fourth quarter. We were trapping and scrambling, trying to force turnovers and get loose balls.

We played great defense in the first quarter. Molly, Jen and Cassie were zoning inside and played a tremendously smart game.

We played great defense. But you can't win if you can't score.

We played good team defense, got them off the offensive glass and kept our man out in front of us in the first half.

We played good enough defense to get us the win.

We played good defense today on a slow field. Surprisingly, the field was in good shape after the rain.

We played good defense. They only scored 45 points. But we couldn't shoot the ball. That's been our problem all year long. Defense gets you here but offense wins it for you.

We played good defense in the second half. We didn't give them any 3s.

We played good defense and we rebounded - that's what we do well and that's what we have to do well to win.

We played good defense and played hard. I felt like it was a total team effort.

We played good defense and made the shots when we had to.