From the beginning, we knew we could do this. The biggest part was believing in ourselves.

We feel we can be ranked higher than what we are. Our goal wasn't to be ranked at the beginning of the year, it was to win the Big Ten championship. We think we can be up there with the best of them. We feel we have just as much talent as anybody in the country.

Having a new coach was hard adjusting to at the beginning. But after Christmas, we've jelled a lot more. We started playing together more as a team. We started to get used to what the coach's style was compared to the other years.

We came out flat in the second half. We came out and committed two costly fouls at the beginning of the half. We just played sluggish.

I am just now beginning to move better and to feel a lot better about how I am playing, ... I am glad the season's over because now it means I can come back next year and play at 100 percent.

We tried to straighten it one time.