J. Horton
J. Horton
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This is a launchpad. We now have three games out of four at home and the table is so tight that we are only five points off the play-offs.
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Right now it's up to us to maintain our level of play and stay in first place. Winning these two games this week gives us a lot more confidence because these are teams that people outside our program don't expect us to beat.
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The rivalry was the last thing on my mind. I tried to downplay it as much as possible because we aren't used to having a large number of people at games and I was afraid we'd lose focus.
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People were expecting a lot of things from this team, and they don't realize, before we got here, they were winning 11 games and facing NCAA sanctions. They wanted national championship success right away, and we knew it wasn't going to be like that. It was going to be a long grind and process. We've done that really well, to the point where we expect to win.
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Regardless of what you all were told, when you basically tell somebody with six games left that they?re not going to be here next year, I think it?s pretty tough to finish the year out.
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They took him straight to varsity. He never even sniffed a freshman practice. That's the only kid we ever did that with.
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I think we were more determined today, and we just fed off the momentum. I'm just happy we got this win before we go to Dallas. Now, everyone's equal again. This gets a huge monkey off our back.
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Being a good free throw-shooting team has always been a point of emphasis for this program. We work on free throws in game situations as well. It is a big staple of this program.
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I didn't want to just stand there and get hit out of nowhere, so I dropped my gloves. I was protecting myself, I guess.
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If they want to get into the pockets of this school district, I am not going to vote for it.
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Some of the larger-ticket items needed to be looked at by the insurance company.
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His durability and his toughness are second to none. He's proved that he'll play with courage and sacrifice his body, which he's done.
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Anthony Davis knew who Dennis Winston was, ... When he tackled Anthony Davis, he went backwards. I always said he dropped him like a dead bird.
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It causes severe illness and high mortality rates.