Ed DeChellis Chance Quotations

Really, the pressure was on Illinois. No one gave us a chance to win, except for the 12 players on our side and three or four coaches. They had 16,000 on their side.

I think we're a very worthy team. If that's (Ohio State) the number one team in our conference ... You saw a pretty good game out there. We're a team that's improved since the year's gone on. I hope our kids get the chance to play in the NIT.

We competed hard and had a chance to win. We had the lead and couldn't hit a shot when we needed it. And we couldn't find Shannon Brown in the second half.

We've come a long, long way from really not competing to competing and having a chance to win games. Hopefully, good things will continue for us on the horizon.

I'm walking in here earlier today and you tell me that Iowa is going to score 65 points, I think we have a chance to win. I thought we had some open shots, but we just couldn't make anything.

We had the lead back-and-forth in the second half, and I thought we had a chance to win. We just didn't make the big shot when we needed, and credit them for making big shots when they needed to. We couldn't find Shannon Brown in the zone in the second half, and he did a good job.