Alando Tucker
Alando Tucker
Alando Forest Tuckeris an American professional basketball player, currently playing for Maccabi Kiryat Gat of the Israeli Premier League. Tucker played five seasons at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and wore the number 42...
feels
I could breathe. I didn't need windshield wipers this game. It feels good. I feel back to normal. I didn't have any pain.
figured knew offense running stay stick
Stay poised. We knew they were going to get up. We just figured if we stick together, keep running our offense and don't get rattled, we could still come out with a win.
energy extra gets gives
That's what always gets me through the tournament. ... It gives me that extra energy that I need.
closing great guys heck plays rebound saw step
They did a great job; everyone saw it. Just closing out the game, for them to step up and rebound and make big plays defensively, that's what we need. If we're going to be a great team, you need that, and those two guys did a heck of a job.
competing earlier fighting happened knew past stay tough
With some of the things that happened in the past and earlier in the season, I knew we were going to go through a tough stretch. We have to stay strong. ... we can't give up. We have to keep fighting (and) keep competing every night.
cap finish knock momentum run seems swinging
(When) you're making your run (and) momentum is swinging your way, you just have to finish it off. It seems like we didn't cap it off because we couldn't knock down any shots.
definitely game guys motivation motivational step
We've got to get stronger. A lot of guys have got to get quicker. This is definitely a motivation game to show guys we have to step our game up another level, another notch.
chance close depending hard last ourselves position possible strong sure ten
We have to close out as strong as we can. It's a chance for us to get a Big Ten championship, depending on how things go. We have to make sure we close out hard and do everything possible as much as we can to put ourselves in position in these last games.
chance close strong ten win
We have to close out as strong as we can. It's still a possibility, there's still a chance for us to win a Big Ten championship.
finally
We finally put it together. We put everything together.
early guys mistakes practice seems understanding
We're young. Mistakes come early in practice but it seems like the young guys are getting better and better at understanding things.
game plenty stick time
We just weren't finishing. But we wanted to stick with our game plan. There was plenty of time left.
confidence excuses losing losses showing start talked
We talked after the game, but that's enough talking. We just have to go out there and get it done now. We can't say anything else about it. Everybody's been making excuses about the losses that we have (after) losing Greg and Marcus, but with my teammates, I have a lot of confidence in them. I think they have confidence in themselves, too. We just have to start showing it now.
faces home lose realize
You look at their faces after a loss, it's tough. You lose one at home in the Big Ten, it's always tough. You have to realize that this is still early.