Jeff Horner
Jeff Horner
Jeff Horneris an American former basketball player and current assistant coach for the University of North Dakota. He is best known as a point guard for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes basketball team. Horner currently holds the University of Iowa career three point record at 232 shots made. Horner was born in Mason City, Iowa. His father Bob Horner was Mason City High School varsity basketball coach. Horner made a verbal commitment to the University of Iowa while in the...
knew team
The pressure's kind of off us. We knew we had the team to get back here.
happy knew last sure teams
Last year, we were kind of just happy to be going. We were one of the last teams announced, we weren't even sure if we were going. This year, we knew we were in, and we were one of the first teams announced.
couple happened past remembered stuff team
This team will be remembered forever. No one has done this before, and we did it. The stuff that happened the past couple years just makes it that much greater.
both defensive game played prettiest teams
Both teams played defensive games, ... and when you play a defensive game it's not going to be the prettiest thing out there.
chance compete guys ready realize seemed team ten
It just seemed like we weren't ready to play today. We've got to compete for a Big Ten title. I don't think some guys on this team realize they may never get a chance to ever do this again.
best bit deserve maybe people team ten tournament win
We want to show people we're the best team in the conference. We want to win the Big Ten Tournament and show that maybe we did deserve a little bit of the Big Ten title.
easily four poise says shut team
The poise of this team was very good. We could have easily shut it down down four (points), but we didn't. That says a lot about this team.
again couple dropping field games good holding home needed percent played team ten
After dropping a couple of games on the road, we needed one like this. We played good defense. Holding a Big Ten team to 25 percent from the field is pretty unbelievable and we got things going on offense. We needed to come out and play well at home again and we did.
game lose team
I think we're a better team now than we were then. To lose a game right now would be devastating.
adversity fight shows team
I think this shows how we've been able to fight through adversity. The way this team has persevered has been something else.
closure good hopefully move team
He was always a good teammate. Hopefully as a team we can move on from it and put some closure to it.
easy expect meant senior team veteran
Grier didn't make it easy on us, but I didn't expect him to. He's a senior and they have a veteran team like we do. This meant a lot to them, too.
justify ten tough win
It was tough to handle. Hopefully, we can justify a lot of things with this Big Ten championship, if we win it.
coach emphasized half second time
It was about time we started a second half that was good. Coach really emphasized that and we got a big win.