We can't leave our guards out to hang. Last time, we depended on them too much to guard them.

Everybody can attest to the fact that anybody in the Pac-10 can beat anybody.

When I get out of the paint, it opens things up for my teammates. If they collapse on me and we hit other people, we get really great shots.

We're very healthy, a lot healthier now than we were at the beginning of the season. None of us are playing 30 or 40 minutes a game.

We're just as good as they are. They should be looking at us and thinking they need to beat us in order to be a championship team.

We weren't pushing as hard as they were. We didn't realize how hard we had to play on defense.