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...
builds cherished family great wisconsin
We're a family. Wisconsin builds families. It's not just about stats, it's about the family we build, the friendships we build as a team, and he cherished that from day one. It's great to see him out there contributing. Right now, he has his chance.
defense great playing rattled staying
They were playing great defense and it kind of rattled us. We weren't staying focused. We weren't staying relaxed.
coming emotional game great
It was his day. He even said he kind of got emotional. You could tell he got emotional coming out of the game, and even before the game started. It's great to see that.
experience great player shame
It's just a great feeling, and it's just a shame every player doesn't get to experience this.
ahead bad best best-friends career great hang hard lose
It's always bad when you have to lose guys. Him being my best friend, it's really hard to see him have to hang up his jersey. He has a great career ahead of him.
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.
great honor individual named teammates thanks wonderful
It's great to be named All-Big Ten, it's a wonderful honor. It's all thanks to my team, because if it wasn't for my teammates I wouldn't get any accolades. It's not an individual award, it's a team award.
finally
We finally put it together. We put everything together.
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.
few guys hard hard-work motivation past pays work worked younger
I think it's motivation to show these younger guys that hard work pays off, to show that what we've been doing in these past few years has worked. And if it's worked in the past, it can work in the present.
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.
feels lifting weights
It feels good. Jeez, it's like lifting some weights up off your back.
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.