On paper, we're .500, but if you look in deeper, we're so close to being a really good basketball team.

This will sound a little strange, but we did not play good basketball tonight. I'm sure that the outside observer will say they really played tough against a top-ranked team on the road and blah, blah, blah. We turned it over 20 times. We were not able to keep people off the glass when it mattered most. And we shot like a junior high team from the free throw line.

I like the six wins, and I don't like the six losses. The good news is, we didn't really stub our toe against the teams we should beat, but the bad news is that we didn't knock off any of the (quality) opponents.

Not surprised. He's a Big Ten veteran. Those are the kinds of guys you build programs around.

Not at all. He's a Big Ten veteran.

Those are the kind of guys you build your program around. He's a warrior.