Dan Monson Quotes
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When you have as many opportunities to win on the road against a quality team as we did and don't come out with it, that took its toll. Physically, but more importantly, emotionally. We have to get our confidence back.
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I think he played very aggressive. Their inside guys I thought were huge. They were more physical and more aggressive than we were.
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We're a different team when he's playing like that.
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Against a team as great as they are, you have few opportunities to take control. We didn't take advantage of the opportunities we had.
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They really stayed together, which you have to do on the road.
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That was the first time any of us saw Vince back. His timing and his energy and his confidence were back. We went into this year knowing we were going to have to ride him, but he was kind of a broken horse.
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Your theory is true, to a degree. The great teams are the ones that keep improving when they're having success. It's easier to handle failure than success.
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Players come and go, but kids learn how to win and they pass that down to the bench. Until somebody defeats Wisconsin, Illinois or Michigan State I don't think you can say that team is better because they've never proven it.
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We had to go with a lot of different lineups and had a lot of different issues because, for whatever reason, we were obviously in some foul trouble.
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This is an environment where you have to come in and be focused.
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They've had different paths to travel. As they try to create a legacy, I'm hoping they can build off this last month... . Obviously the month of January kind of skewed some things. But that doesn't mean the end of February and March can't change all that.
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We had enough offense to win this basketball game. We just didn't have enough defense.
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We've got to go win basketball games right now to try to create who we want to be. And I think we're close.
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We have to get some shots to go in. We haven't shot 40 percent yet in five league games. That's pretty difficult to weather.
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I thought we played with a lot of passion and very hard. It was very important for our seniors to play that way, but it wasn't enough, especially on defense.
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I felt this team was very together today and had a great attitude and approach. I told them the good news is we're only down 10.
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Our defense has been feeding off effort and attitude. We had three guys on the same page before, but not five.
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For whatever reason we were obviously in some foul trouble. I don't want to talk about the fouls anymore.
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We have to base the decision on what's best in the long term. I think he's a big part of the future of this program. I think he's a really good player and a very multi-dimensional player.
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I think 8-8 (in the Big Ten) would get you in. We would have to go 7-2, which is extremely difficult. One game doesn't fix you. Can we go out and duplicate that nine more times?
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I thought our seniors' focus and desire was excellent. They put it on the line today, but it just wasn't enough.
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We got caught in the middle a lot, and those guys made us pay.
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Tucker's so hard to help on and those are the guys that we were trying to help from. We knew they'd get some, but you can't do both. ... We got caught in the middle a lot and those guys made us pay.
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They came in and got into an offensive rhythm. Games like these aren't won or lost at the end against great teams. You can't let a team go on a run and expect to win.