Brian Butch
Brian Butch
Brian Butchis an American professional basketball player. He was a center on the 2003 McDonald's All-American basketball team who later attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison on a basketball scholarship. He was briefly a member of the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, although he never played any games for them...
defensive good helping job kindness picking road
It was one of those things where we just kind of got away from what we usually do on the defensive end with helping and picking up for one another. It was one of those things where we had to have a gut-check there and see what we were really made of and I think we all did a pretty good job of getting back on the road again.
coming couple example good guy help ohio plays protect state team
This is why this team is good. We do protect each other. A good example was the Ohio State game. You had one guy fronting (Terence) Dials and another guy coming weak-side on him and we made a couple of big plays that way. You had someone there to help you out.
bunch days helps planning prepare ready
You can't go in planning for one thing because they're going to do a bunch of different things. So you have to be ready to be focused. It helps that we've had this many days to prepare for them because we can take a look at everything that they do.
ball feeds game moved played
We moved the ball and played well. My own game feeds off of teammates.
defensive great hit played stepped team
The team played great. Everyone stepped up, everyone hit big shots, everyone made defensive plays. It was just a great, great team win.
effort everybody front jersey lose ncaa says tournament wisconsin
There's no way we should lose by 20 in an NCAA tournament game. No way. The front of our jersey says Wisconsin and we let everybody down. We put effort in out there but you just can't lose by 20.
ability creative guy interested joke people realized
I think he started it out as a joke and then realized that a lot of people were interested in it. It's one of those things where he's got the ability to do it, and he's a creative guy like that.
ball created creating good movement moving open standing stuff
We were moving the ball a little more. It wasn't too much standing in the post. It was movement that created open shots. Everyone was creating off of each other. That's how good stuff happens.
anybody game lie today watched
We've got to find it. I didn't play well today. I'm not going to lie about it. Anybody who watched the game today is going to say the same thing.
ability continue dakota game good hopefully north state tough
We've had the ability to go through some tough times. Through those tough times we've learned. You look at the North Dakota State game and those are tough times. ... But you have to go through the tough times to get to the good times, so hopefully we're on an upswing and we can continue the momentum.
games gets last places played three tough
We've played in tough places the last three games. That just gets us ready.
best hitting opportunity
It's all a correlation. We know when there's an opportunity. We know that they aren't hitting shots, that they are struggling. So we're getting our best looks, we're just not converting.
needed playing road work
It's one of those things where you keep playing with it and keep going to work on it. You just go out there and play. We needed a big road win.
game playing question ready team together
It's not a question of if we're ready for it, we have to be ready for it. But I think we are. I think we've done everything (we had to do) up to this point. We're playing together as a team and every game we're getting better.