Dion Harris
Dion Harris
experience far four great guy helps leadership les veteran
That would be great for our team. Les is a veteran guy who's been here for four years. It always helps to get a veteran guy back, as far as leadership and experience on the court.
adjust aggressive bad ball coach early handled hard last role running stay wants wing
I think early in the year, it was real bad for me to find my role because last year, I handled the ball and did pretty much everything. It was hard for me to adjust at just running the wing this season, but I think it will come. I just have to stay aggressive like coach wants me to do, and I think I'll be all right.
carried competing hard mode played practiced team today
We really went at it. I thought it was going to be hard for us to get back into team things. ... We played today how we practiced all week. We got in the mode of competing all the time, and it carried over into today.
good knows player says whether worry
He just told me to go out there and just play, don't think about whether you're going to have a good game. Just don't worry about your shot, just do the things he knows I can do ... He says I'm an all-around player and I shouldn't worry about my game.
far fighting kept lose matter sure
We just kept fighting. We just kept on fighting no matter what. I wasn't sure what was going to happen, but we didn't want to come that far and then lose the game.
close illinois morale played stretch
We don't want any more morale victories. We don't want to just come close. We've come close too many times. We want to win. We played hard, but down the stretch Illinois made more plays.
selection whatever
We said from Selection Sunday, from that day on, whatever happens, we're going to come out to play to win.
consistent course happen player trying
I've been trying to come out and be a consistent player for the most part, and when it doesn't happen for you, of course it's frustrating.
chance close coming game last position top turnaround year
This is a big turnaround from last year. We didn't even come this close last year to being in the top position of the Big Ten. We said coming into this game that we had a chance to be in first place.
hard match setting tone
They've been setting the tone every game. We just want to go out and match their intensity, play as hard as they're playing.
defense missed rhythm
After I missed the first shot, I think I started rushing. I never did get a rhythm offensively in the game, so that's all that happened. It wasn't anything the defense was doing.
knew last ready shoot
I was ready to shoot it if he made the pass. And on that last shot, I just put it up real high. I knew it had a chance, and I knew I got it off in time.
defensive definitely move percent strong
I wasn't 100 percent and I didn't feel I could move laterally well enough to give a strong defensive effort. But I'm definitely going to play Saturday.
chance collapse daniel high knew running time tried waiting
I knew the time was running out and I just tried to get it high and give it a chance to go in. I knew they (Irish) were going to collapse on Daniel and I was waiting for the pass.