Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've always been known for our defense. We have so many seniors and they've worked so hard. Defense is just what we try to do.

We've all had a month to prepare for this game, so they've all been studying us in and out. Everyone hyped this up to be an offensive game, and definitely the defense stepped up better than the offense did.

We usually play better defense than that. That's usually the thing that keeps us in games.

Jack Smith

We started playing better on defense and I think Eagle Valley got a little worn down. In the third and fourth quarters, they (Rifle) kept the intensity up, which I appreciate.

We started playing better defense and took charge. We did some good things offensively and played much better defense in the second half.

We struggle sometimes on offense, but we play hard on defense every second we're out there.

We struggled for everything on offense all night. Give Dickinson State's defense credit, they worked hard.

We struggled as a team. They played their game and I feel like we could have been more mentally focused tonight. I know it starts with me -- point guard, leadership. I wouldn't take anything away from the defense (Delaware State) played, but I think more than anything we could have come out and been more mentally strong.

We struggled, and I thought Kentucky's tenacity on defense had a lot to do with it. They were swarming and really played physical. I thought their defense impacted us in a big way.

We still pushed the tempo when we had the opportunities to. They slowed it down but our half-court defense was pretty sound.

We still played good defense in the first half, but our shots just weren't falling, ... Our defense was clicking. In the second half, we just started knocking them down. We were attacking, and our energy was up.

Tom Izzo

We still played good defense and pretty good offense. We shot 50%, 40-something from three.

We started out slow on offense, but I thought our defense held us in. It could have been a 20-point quarter, but we held them to 8. We played a lot better in the second quarter. We loosened up and got it down to a manageable deficit. It was only four a halftime.

We started out slow, but we just tightened up our defense on the basketball.

We started out slow again. Our last three games we've scored four, four and eight points in the first quarter. I don't know why we're starting out so flat. We have to come out stronger. We played great defense though and you can't say enough about that.

We started out really sluggish. We were not up on defense or at the plate in the beginning. Everyone contributed to this win.

We started out OK. (Mandan's) pressure defense is tough. We are looking for a person to take a leadership role. We need that to happen if we are going to make it to the next level.

We started out in a man-to-man and they were putting it to us. I thought we'd go to zone and see if we could maybe take them out of their perimeter game. I'm not sure if we accomplished that but our defense won it for us. We knew we had to get out on their three-point shooters and we did a good job with that.

Jay Brown

We started hitting on all cylinders. Our defense was the catalyst. It's easier to make shots when you are playing well on defense.

We stacked the middle on defense after the third quarter when we noticed that they were running inside the tackles.

Mark Brunell

When you've got a great defense like we do, you don't have to be flashy, you don't always have to score touchdowns in the red zone, ... You'd like to, but you just have to play smart with the football and don't turn it over. And if you do that, you've got a great advantage.

When you travel for four hours, you're happy to get a win. I was disappointed in our half-court defense and transition defense but I thought our offense was good.

Flip Saunders

When you take a team like Milwaukee that can really score and you hold them to 74 points your team defense is doing something. That's the staple of our team.

When you start penetrating and they get up on the second level of the defense, the holes just open like sieves and your defense can be in trouble,

There is no problem with the relationship between Mr. Nichols and his defense team.

Pete Carroll

Watching the film, I didn't think that would happen because they play such great pass defense and they're so aggressive. But Matt was on fire.

We've always made it a point to be strong from the goal out. Defense is always a priority, but these kids have offensive talent that can't be denied.

We've always felt like our defense was one of the stronger points of our game. Our goal was to have a hand in their face for the full 94 feet of the floor and that would hopefully take away some of their shooting ability.

We're making game-changing plays. We've got a defense full of playmakers. We feel like if we play our game, we're always going to have somebody in the right spot.

We're going to try and slow them down some-you just don't stop those kind of people. You just give them different disguises on defense and try to keep them guessing.

We're going to take a look at the entire scope of our responsibilities in the Department of Defense and determine what is it that we can or should be doing better, differently, more of, less of.

We're going to go as far as our defense takes us. They don't want to let each other down and just feed off each other.

John Beilein

When we don't get turnovers, we can't win. We had just enough late to hold on to the lead by playing tight defense and swarming the ball. We really dug out some ugly rebounds tonight.