Maurice Ager
Maurice Ager
Maurice Darnell Ageris an American former professional basketball player. He played collegiately for the Michigan State Spartans from 2002 until 2006. The 6' 5"guard was best known for being salary filler in the 2008 trade between the Dallas Mavericks and New Jersey Nets, which centered on all-stars Jason Kidd and Devin Harris. An accomplished music producer, Ager was considered for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for his song "Far From Home." Ager released his debut album, Moe Town Vol. 1...
best davis guys inside lead neither open paul playing
We've got to get Paul Davis going. Once we get him going, that's going to open up a lot of things on the outside. That's the best way to play, inside out. Right now, neither of us is playing to our capabilities. We're the seniors. We've got to lead this team. The young guys look to us. If we're not playing well, we're not going to win.
fortunate guys stepped
Those guys stepped up. I feel fortunate to have them as teammates.
behind coming earn guys job ncaa older senior tournament understand win year
When I got here, it was up to the older guys to make me understand how important it was here to win championships and go to the NCAA tournament every year. And that's my job now as a senior to make the guys coming up behind understand that going to the tournament every year just doesn't happen. You've got to earn it.
game guys looks open saved stepped
I had more open looks than I've had all season. Those other two guys stepped up and saved me, no question. After the game I thanked them big-time.
four guys meant minutes miss realize split three
You never realize how much that meant when we had three or four guys on the wing. We all kind of split minutes up and we were still happy. We really miss those guys a lot.
allowing good great offensive ourselves playing stop team together
We're too good of an offensive team to play the way we've been playing offensively. Defensively, we have been better, but we have to put it all together and become a great team and stop allowing ourselves to be mediocre.
afraid cream crop excited felt four played seen trust
Trust me, man, I've been here four years and I felt like I've seen it all. We've played the cream of the crop every year, so I don't think we're afraid of this schedule. We should be excited about it.
looks talk
We always know where each other are at. I like to run, and he looks for me. We always talk to each other.
beating confidence race ranked road team ten win
Beating a ranked team at their crib, that's huge. For this Big Ten race, that's something that we need. As a team, we have confidence we can win on the road now. It's huge. That's all I can say.
excuse tired yes
Yes we can. We've got to do something. Tired is no excuse.
beat key passing tough
When we play that way, it's tough to beat us. The key was passing the way we did.
helped job
We did a better job not fouling, not hand-checking. I think it helped a lot.
care directly lead playing
I don't care who you're playing ? they lead directly to baskets.
hear involved looked saw
I couldn't really hear him at the end because I was so involved in the game. But when I looked up, I saw him and when I could hear him, I listened.