We kept hearing about what great team defense they play. Well, tonight, you saw who can play D.
We kept pushing the ball, we kept pushing it and fatigue became a factor. We were the team in better shape.
Everybody was talking about their defense. We proved who's the best defensive team and we're national champions. We took our respect.
Rankings don't mean anything. You never know what you're going to get out of a team until the season starts. All the pre-season hype is hype. That's all it is. We didn't think about it. We used it as motivation.
Defensively, I think South Carolina is a very good comparison. But you really can't compare this team to anybody.
In the first half, you're feeling the other team out, trying to figure out what you can and can't get away with. In the second half, we feel like we can make the adjustments that need to be made.
Everybody's always talking about how their team plays D. Tonight, we saw who played D.
George Mason is Cinderella. Everyone is going to root for them. They're kind of the magic team right now.
You can't really compare this team to anybody we've played. They're a totally different kind of team. They take you out of your offense, do a lot of different things to disrupt your flow.