Jordan Foreman
Jordan Foreman
best bring brought close family figured home knew program stay successful
He just brought a new focus, a new attitude. It was something I liked. I figured why not stay close to home and be close to my family and still be in the kind of program that I knew would be successful and would bring the best out of me?
matter people score selling winning worried
We're not worried about selling tickets. When you're winning games, people come no matter what the score is.
accepted helps knowing mission national sets tradition winning
It helps a lot. That's where the mission starts. Our tradition sets the bar. Knowing that nothing but winning a national championship is accepted really helps us.
classroom eligible focus majority time toward year
I know at this time of year what's really important - as long as we're eligible and doing what we have to do in the classroom - I can pretty much focus on basketball. The majority of my focus is going toward the game.
expect win
I'm a winner. From day one, I expect to win every game. So therefore, I expect to be here.
controlled defense great green guard guys inside players point room supposed tempo
They have two great players down low, but the guys around them can also play. Brewer is great. Green controlled the tempo and did what a point guard is supposed to do. Humphrey stretches the defense so far. You can't get off him to help. So, those guys on the inside have a lot of room to work.
blocked changed dribble either left relying shots
They left us relying on our dribble penetration and they either blocked shots or changed a lot of shots.
again session somebody
In the film session later, it would be rewound and rewound and rewound again if somebody does that.
attitude coach coaches definitely few guys lucky work
I definitely think with the way coach Howland coaches and the guys we have in the program, with their character, attitude and work ethic, we could get here again. Nothing is promised, and we were lucky a few times to get here this time, but we could do it.
games memories prepared rather regardless winning
I'd rather be tested. Regardless of what happens, we've made a lot of memories that will never go away. Winning by 20 is nice, but games like these make us that much more prepared and that much better and that much stronger.
anybody athletes closest compares full great last overall played team
I don't think anybody we played compares overall. Alabama, we just played last week, has a lot of great athletes. That's probably the closest thing to an overall team full of athletes as Memphis.
sink
I mean, it won't really sink in for a while.
couple hurt upset
It was discouraging. A couple of those were my responsibility. That's why it hurt more and I was upset at myself. Those are the kind of things you can't give up.
conscious defensive effort great
After that, we kind of got our focus. We made a conscious effort to be a great defensive team.