Ben Howland Defense Quotations

I feel very fortunate. I thought our defense was much better in the second half. If that's not a very good team we just played, I don't know what is. We knew they were very, very good and we feel very, very fortunate to move on.

Somehow we hung around. Defense kept us in it.

Our transition defense was so good. It had to be because Memphis is so good at pushing it.

I thought our intensity defensively for the entire 40 minutes was really, really incredible. That's the best defense we've played all year.

We played terrific tonight. It was our best defense of the year.

What a great feeling, to still be playing and to beat an outstanding team like Memphis. I'm really proud of the defense we played today. The defense was just incredible.

To shoot 3 for 19 from the threes and still win the game is a testament to our defense and rebounding.

Defense is what wins games on the road.

Our defense was outstanding in the first half. It forced turnovers, they sped up and it keyed the game for us.

Our defense is what kept us in the game. I thought Oregon played very good defense as well. Somehow we hung around because we were playing good defense, playing every possession really tough.

Our defense kept us in the game when we really had an inability to score. When you go on the road you've got to be able to rely on your defense.

I'm really, really excited about the team defense we played tonight. We came at 'em so hard with our double teams, we took them out of what they wanted to do.

Their defense was terrific. They did a great job defensively. We got sped up. We got a little hurried. We had opportunities to actually come into the paint and stop, but we were moving too fast.

Their defense was terrific. We got sped up and a little hurried. We'd have opportunities, but we were way too fast.

They are obviously an outstanding team. They played in all phases. Their defense was terrific.

It was a great win. I'm excited for our team. In the first half we forced 13 turnovers. Our defense was so active. It was misleading. Arizona shot 58 percent. It's astounding they can shoot 58 percent and lose. Usually, you win when you shoot a percentage like that.

That's the best defense we played all year.