Mike Ruane
Mike Ruane
beating bid conference goes great hurt power ratings run taken tournament unless winner
They're going to the strength-of-schedule and these different criteria. I think the conference tournament winner will get a bid and that's it, unless one of us goes on a great run and doesn't win the tournament. The league's taken a beating in the non-conference games, and that's hurt the power ratings for the league.
caused defense extended game pressure style
Getting the game in an up-tempo style of play with pressure defense is the way we want to play. We extended our defense and caused opportunities for ourselves.
game great plan stuck
We like to get up and down. They had a great game plan and they stuck with it.
call good might playing revenge team tough
We are a different team now than we were then (Dec. 10). We're playing different guys. I think we're better than we were then. I don't want to call it a revenge game, but there might be some payback (tonight), hopefully. But they're a good team and they're very tough defensively.
current guys streak throughout winning
Throughout our current winning streak we've been getting contributions from different guys each game.
conference
We haven't been to the conference semifinals in two years. A conference championship is still our goal, though.
game knew rivalry tough win
We gutted this win out. It has always been a rivalry game for us, so we knew it was going to be a tough one.