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We got the looks that we wanted. The shots didn't fall.


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DUANE POSTUPACK We got the shots that we wanted, the plays that we wanted - they just didn't go into the net.
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JEFF BRUSTAD We got a lot better looks, penetrated and got shots in the paint.
WIL SMUDDE We did exactly what we wanted to do, we got great looks at the net, we moved the puck around well, w...
MIKE MODANO We got some awful good looks. Shots that have been falling for us.
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ADAM LUCHTERHAND We had some good looks, especially in the first half, but they just would not fall. We took what I t...
DAN BOLLINGER We just didn't execute down the stretch. I thought we got the shots we wanted. I liked our effort.
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BRETT MACKEY I like how we did it. We pushed the tempo and got the shots we wanted. It was big for us.
HASSAN ADAMS We were more composed in the first half. We got away from our defense and gave them some shots in th...
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JEFF BAMBULE We hung in there and hit some shots. I got some looks and started knocking them down.
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TRAVIS BROWN Let's be honest, we made shots. When you make shots, the whole game looks prettier.
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LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD We didn't hit shots. We were getting the same exact shots in the second half, and they did not fall.
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BEN LEVINE We just couldn't hit our shots. We had open looks.
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DAN QUINN We had open looks. We've got to make our open shots and make our free throws. Somehow, we found a wa...
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DOUG GRIFFIN We were making shots in the second and third. We had good looks in the fourth. We just weren't makin...
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DOUG CLEMONS The key to this game is that we got the big shots when we needed them.
ALAN DUNAHEE It looks like we reached the community we wanted to reach.
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JASON TREUTELAAR We wanted him to rely on other guys. We never said that we wanted to get physical with him. We just ...
FRANK SCIOLLA In the first half, we stayed patient against their zone so we got some different looks at the basket...
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FRANK CONNELLY We should not blame people by the mistakes of others.
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ALAN BUSS We were looking at the shot chart (at halftime), and a lot of their shots were out on the perimeter....
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FRANCIS SIMMONS It seemed like there was a lid on the basket. We got open looks, but it didn't drop. It's awfully ha...
LOUIS ORR I thought we had a lot of chances, I really did. The shots just didn't fall.
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BILL SELF Mental toughness was the key. We were doing a good job of getting out and being where we wanted to b...
BRIAN LOWERY We couldn't get the shots we wanted when we wanted them. Part of it was their 'D', part of it was we...
BRAD BYERSON We wanted to score a little bit more than we did. We held them to 50, stayed on the boards, got some...
MIKE CAREY We put forth a good effort, but the shots didn't fall and we need to shoot well against a tall team.
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MARK TWAIN We’ll have to get you a sword,” I said. “When funds allow.”
Snorri shook his head. “A...
MARK LAWRENCE Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. The conviction of the rich...
MARK TWAIN Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide i...
MARK TWAIN Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the blessing of idleness and won for us...
MARK TWAIN Intellectual work is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward.
MARK TWAIN Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
MARK TWAIN I do not like work even when someone else does it.
MARK TWAIN Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and play consists of whatever a body is not oblig...
MARK TWAIN Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.
MARK TWAIN Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time.
MARK TWAIN No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.
MARK TWAIN