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We had a really young group there and we had to lean on them and said, 'You're freshmen but you can't play like one because we need you.' That's very similar to what we're doing here. It gives me a lot of hope because that group went on after we were gone and competed very well at the Horizon League level.

Mike Riley

To start three freshmen is a scary thing. They took their lumps, made some plays and got better.

The reason for that was, the season before I got there, it was the first year freshmen could play. All those stats that had been collected, those people had been playing for three years.

This year, we have a lot of new girls and freshmen on the team. This win is a nice stepping stone. The girls are improving every time and we can't be more pleased with their progress.

We also have six promising freshmen out this year, which is the most we've had in a while.

We got lucky and a lot of talented seniors and freshmen (stepped up). And it's never hurts to get some help from someone else.

Our team is very consistent, and I think our freshmen will live up to how they've been billed.

Our freshmen will be stronger, tougher, better, our sophomores will become juniors. We'll have some guys who have been through the wars.

Our freshmen stepped up and made play after play. I'm really proud of this group and what they've already accomplished.

Our freshmen haven't played as well since we shook it up earlier. So I think we might go with some new players.

Gene Watson

Our two freshmen ran exceptionally well. Down the road, they could help us out on the varsity team.

I think there will be one or two freshmen in the lineup each week.

Looking at their lineup and number of kids they had returning, I knew AG was going to be a good team this year. I think our kids did an outstanding job tonight. We graduated 10 seniors from last year and have some freshmen and sophomores in our lineup. I think they wrestled very well tonight.

John Calipari

We've got a young team, freshmen and sophomores and Rodney. But we've got a competitive group.

Three freshmen are going to start. In past years we haven't had any.

We have three freshmen kicking for us this year and all of them are going to do something.

We have three freshmen in their first race at 3 miles. They did well, considering.

We had a lot of freshmen who stepped up and played well last season. They now have a year under their belts, so I think we'll improve this year.

We had a lot of freshmen last year and our team never really clicked. This year, we know each other better and we're communicating like a team.

We have a lot of new players and a lot of freshmen this season,

We have a lot of new freshmen who really helped pick up for what we lost last year.

We're very pleased with our rookies. We graduated seven seniors last year, and we knew heading into the season that some of our freshmen needed to step up.

You just have to play with the players you have. Getting Jason Leger back will help. But we have to get freshmen Myron Pryor and Ventrell Jenkins more involved in the line play, too.

That was different. I'm used to wrestling freshmen and eighth-graders. He was smarter. He was more experienced.

Two years ago we started seven freshmen, and we don't have any freshmen starting this year.

Ron Zook

We played more freshmen out there. We'll suffer with some growing pains now. We'll be better for it down the road.

We had positive results from our freshmen to our seniors. We are pleased with the team outcome, and our performances were strong.

The league's been all about freshmen this season, therefore people have the perception the Big 12 is not as good as it's been in the past.

Our slower quarters had to do with ... trying to move in freshmen and less-experienced players.

Kyle Lowry

They understand how you have to play and how things work and who to listen to. We've all been through it. The seniors have been through it more than anyone. They've struggled and they've been a great team so they know what it takes to be successful and the freshmen realize that.

All of our freshmen have been so great for us this year. They're all playing like veterans out there for us this year, and that's what we need.

A lot of the freshmen stepped up and I was really glad to see that. We kept pressing the issue and it's the second time this season we've scored on a set piece, which is something we work hard on.

A lot of those guys did play towards the end of the season but freshmen make freshmen mistakes.