Dan Monson Quotes
-
We think we're better, but we have to go out and prove it here.
-
These are tough for coaches when you near the end with a team you enjoy coaching. I think they fought today. It was going to be a tough game for either (Jeff) Horner or Vince to lose. They both put on such great offensive performances.
-
It was a one-play game, four or five different times, and we just didn't get it done. We just need to get some wins to build some confidence. Our guys are just really hurting right now.
-
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.
-
I think they kind of left it to him. From my understanding was he was able to do that last week, but he wanted to wear it another week just to make sure.
-
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.
-
He lost some timing when he got hurt. Our defense is not going to be able to create for him as much as it did last year. He gets a lot of his baskets in the open court, and we're not going to be able to get that for him as much this year.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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?
-
We had enough offense to win this basketball game. We just didn't have enough defense.
-
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.
-
Our defense has been feeding off effort and attitude. We had three guys on the same page before, but not five.
-
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.
-
When you have a chance on the road, and we had many, you've got to finish it. Right now, (we're) a team that didn't take it by the throat and finish it when they had an opportunity.
-
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.
-
I don't know if we have to win the Big Ten tournament, but that probably depends on who we play and how far we go. We have to worry about Saturday first.
-
We're a different team when he's playing like that.
-
For whatever reason we were obviously in some foul trouble. I don't want to talk about the fouls anymore.
-
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.
-
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.
-
We got caught in the middle a lot, and those guys made us pay.
-
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.
-
We scheduled success in 2004-05. We came out of that believing in ourselves after winning 10 in a row in the non-conference. Any Minnesota team should have won those 10 games, but it didn't come easily.