J. Horton
J. Horton
allowed chemistry guys leading practices talented
We have two guys as talented as they are and they make a big difference. The practices leading up (to the NIT opener) allowed us to get our chemistry back.
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He's a big-time point guard. You don't have enough text in your newspaper to describe how good he is.
adversity anybody coming country face faced good injuries people sanctions says standing
I don't think anybody in the country has had to face the adversity we've faced. Coming here as freshmen, going through the sanctions and the injuries and everything. People have said things we've done good as well. But we've faced more adversity than anybody in the country and to still be standing here able to play for a championship at the end says a lot about who we are as people.
asking people
I don't know why people keep asking us. We're in the tournament. If we don't make it, something's wrong.
across consistent great proud solid
(Cermak) did a great job. I'm proud of the way he played. He was solid and consistent across the whole tournament.
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but at an enormous and unacceptable risk to the team of interviewers.
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I would say every team in the NFL and 75 percent of college teams run some form of it on third down.
ready step
If we don't get up and be ready to play when we step on this court, I'll be very disappointed. I don't think we'll have that problem.
destiny
If we keep winning, our destiny is in our own hands.
pockets school vote
If they want to get into the pockets of this school district, I am not going to vote for it.
I don't know and I don't really care, as long as they're OK.
dropped hit protecting stand
I didn't want to just stand there and get hit out of nowhere, so I dropped my gloves. I was protecting myself, I guess.
confidence expect games gives level maintain outside people program stay teams week winning
Right now it's up to us to maintain our level of play and stay in first place. Winning these two games this week gives us a lot more confidence because these are teams that people outside our program don't expect us to beat.
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People were expecting a lot of things from this team, and they don't realize, before we got here, they were winning 11 games and facing NCAA sanctions. They wanted national championship success right away, and we knew it wasn't going to be like that. It was going to be a long grind and process. We've done that really well, to the point where we expect to win.