Adam Haluska Quotations

Right at that time, you have to step up. I think as a team, we're doing a great job of knocking down (key free throws) and that's gotten us key wins.

I don't know any more than anybody else. Obviously, we all love him to death. I'll fight for him any day of the week. I hope he's my coach next year.

Shots going down. That's what it's all about.

I don't know what's going to happen. Obviously, we all love him to death, but I don't know anything.

We threw a little bit of everything at them, and that seemed to get them out of their rhythm.

We've got to look ahead now. We win on Tuesday and win on Saturday, we'll forget about this loss.

He just made a terrific shot. There's not much we can do about it now.

We can go into the (Big Ten) tournament without any worry about the NCAA tournament. There's no pressure on us.

Jeff did a great job of coming out and settling us down.

Jeff had a great night. Jeff put us on his shoulders and really shot the ball well, made the right plays, made the right passes.

Jeff had to think about it a little.

Jeff's our leader and when we saw him come back quick after being knocked to the turf, it fired us up. It put a little fight in our game.

I thought I had a decent look. Just wasn't fortunate enough to have it go in.

Our first halves have been kind of flat. We really kind of battled. We've got a bunch of senior guys out there, and they're not giving up.

It excites us when we hold teams under 40 points, and it really does lead to a lot of good buckets on the offensive end.

I think we're still a good offensive team. I think that any given night any guy can really explode. It's a matter of time before everybody's clicking.

I think it's just one of those things where both teams really pride themselves on their defense. It's tough to get a shot when both teams are playing as hard as they are.

We've been hearing it. But it doesn't bother us. We have things we want to accomplish.

We played some good teams here, but nothing of the caliber we're going to see next week. It was good for us to face adversity a little bit. It might be a good thing for us heading into Kentucky .

We didn't watch much of the movie after that. We were a little disappointed, but we've also got to look at it as though we were planning on winning three (games) anyway. So we're still in a good spot.

You don't really have much time to think about it. I didn't really look at the basket. Just kind of threw it up there in desperation.

We definitely have to come up and really focus and concentrate on hitting those free throws.

We definitely have to concentrate on winning games. It's a little different being on top (of the Big Ten).

We came out and played our game, and everybody had a hand in it.

We let our guard down. We didn't finish the game.

We put ourselves in this position to not play a Thursday (first?round) game. It's tough (playing three games in three days). We did that last year, so we know what it's like.

When our leader goes down, we're going to fight. The game got aggressive and we had to take it up to another level. And I think we did a great job doing just that.

At the start of the game we were all excited. I think Jeff did a great job of settling us down.

I've been feeling good about my shot for the last two weeks.

When you play at home and get on teams early, it helps. We did a good job of taking them out of their offense.

We've got to do a better job of getting those easier baskets. We can't play scared. We've got to take what comes.

Up there, we rolled over, no question, but I remember saying that I thought we were a better team than Michigan State.

Seeding is everything when it comes to that tournament. Where you go and how they place you can really (impact) how far you go.

Coaches have been doing a great job keeping my confidence level up. We've been coming in a lot at night putting extra shots in. That's been the turnaround in my game, in my shooting touch.

Our defense was really our stronghold there, and our guys did a great job of hitting some key shots. We had a pretty good lead and then got careless. The way they can shoot the 3, no game is out of reach.

Our defense was really our stronghold there. We had a pretty good lead and then got careless.

Our defense was there tonight, and it wasn't there against Michigan State. I think we've got to credit the defense once again.

There's nothing we can do about the Purdue game. We just have to do our job.

I kind of figured he would have a big night. If you know Jeff...

The biggest thing is getting on a winning streak, not a losing streak. Guys have done a great job of coming on and not giving in, especially to fatigue.

It's tough because we've done so much and we've been through a lot together. We just let our guard down. We didn't finish the game.

It's disappointing, but that's the position we put ourselves in. We should have done the job ourselves.

There's times when you know you haven't scored a basket in a while. But when you start getting into 6 minutes (and beyond), I don't think you realize it.

It was a game we should have won. It was a game we should have dominated.

Sometimes when we work with high school students, do drills, we try to get a workout alongside them. We're trying to teach them, but this is not only for the campers, our coaches are also showing us new material and information we can work on.

The guy made a great play. We should've come up with the loose ball, but we knew this was a team that wasn't going to go away.

The coaching staff and players did a great job, I thought, of settling me down a little bit and telling me not to be so hard on myself. I've got enough to worry about ... I knew coming in they were going to be loud.

You can't even look and see where you're at. It's got to be a catch-and-go type of thing.

Alex had played so well for us in practice all year. I think it's just a matter of confidence.

It's something that we aspire to. We were really anxious for this year to come and we're in the situation we wanted to be in.

They had us on our heels, and I think we just kind of rolled over. Not necessarily give up, but when things weren't going our way, we got a little careless.

It's kind of a collective decision. It's something we see as protecting home and it's not out of reach.

It's a different feeling. Usually it's us trying to play from behind to catch other people. It's a good feeling, and it's something we haven't felt. But we can't let up.

We weren't making the plays like we normally would. That's what is disappointing about it.

I figured Jeff would have a big night. I knew he would give it his all.