Maurice Ager Team Quotations

Last year, we had a lot of ups and downs. But as a team we rallied together. It just put us in a position where we see what we can do. I don't want to leave college without a ring.

I was a little surprised. Honestly, I didn't think we were going to win by 30. But you know, every team has their night and we had ours tonight.

It feels pretty good right now. They're a tough team and we can celebrate right now but at the same time we still have a job to do and finish it off this weekend.

I think we took a good step. Illinois played the same team (winning 61-42). And in the back of our minds, we were measuring ourselves against them. One of the reasons I came back as a senior was to win a Big Ten championship.

We never really got into a good flow as a team in the second half, and that really hurt us.

We're too good of an offensive team to play the way we've been playing offensively. Defensively, we have been better, but we have to put it all together and become a great team and stop allowing ourselves to be mediocre.

Beating a ranked team at their crib, that's huge. For this Big Ten race, that's something that we need. As a team, we have confidence we can win on the road now. It's huge. That's all I can say.