Mike Davis
Mike Davis
basketball effort game hat listened losing michigan needed people walked win
They did everything they needed to do to win the basketball game tonight. You have to take your hat off to them because of their effort and their attitude. They could have walked in here and listened to what people said about them losing by 30 to Michigan State.
carry conference establish playing
It's important to establish home-court advantage. I think we're playing pretty well right now and we need that to carry over to conference play.
game hopefully practice until
It's day to day. We won't know until (today) before the game if he'll play. He did not practice at all (this week), but hopefully he'll play (tonight).
breaking came guys saying today top
With him breaking it on Saturday, it was devastating to him, and some of his teammates. When he came back, we were a Top 5 team, that's what (the players) were saying and feeling. I could kind of see it, our guys were down today without him.
basketball focus trying winning
We just need to focus on winning a game. We don't look at it as trying to get into the tournament. We're just trying to win some basketball games.
families help soldiers support
We just support the soldiers and families and help them do their job.
missed open wide
We missed some wide open shots. They made theirs, we missed ours.
along best far players top
Tucker is by far one of the top two best players in the league, along with (Illinois guard) Dee Brown.
game games lost road
You can just see it in their faces. It's not the same team. Because we lost one game or two games on the road and it was like the end of the year. When you think about that, it doesn't make sense. At all.
care chance conference forget guys hear home people road second shame ten trying win
We've got a chance to win the conference if we take care of home and win some road games. I think sometimes people forget we're in second place, and it's a shame these guys have to hear and read what they hear and read. We're trying to win a Big Ten title.
felt instead lose played playing
At the end it felt like we played not to lose instead of playing to win.
time vacation
Before, I just used vacation time when we did tours.
anymore coach definitely fighting great guys heads high hold job knowing proud tough
Being a part of this, knowing I won't coach here anymore and won't coach these guys anymore was definitely a tough situation. But I'm proud of them, and they can hold their heads up high because they did a great job fighting back.
ball basically bobby gets ground helping open rolling
Bobby is basically getting it off the ground for me, helping get it started. But once the ball gets rolling and we open up, it is pretty much going to be on me.