Kammron Taylor Quotations

I wouldn't trade him for anybody else in the country.

I didn't do a good job of picking my spots and when to be aggressive. I think I was doing a good job of getting to the free throw line but I stopped being aggressive and I just can't do that.

We need to be a little more physical out there.

When the threes aren't falling, you have to find other things to help you get points. I think we need to do a better job of getting to the free-throw line.

I can't name anybody else in the conference who I've seen get quadruple-teamed at one time and still score 22 points. That says a lot for a 6-6 player who gets most of his points in the paint.

I don't think you're going to find a team in the country where their backcourt does that and they're going to win a game.

To get a big victory like this, going into a game like that (on Saturday at Michigan), is definitely a confidence booster for everybody.

My performance wasn't good enough to help the team win.

I think a lot of teams look at us as kind of a weak team that doesn't like to mix it up. When we're out there, everybody has to bring that physical presence because right now no one person is bringing it.

I think that may have been a factor into his decision, too.

I was trying to force the issue too much.

I think we have to do a better job of being men out there. I don't know how to say it but we have to stop playing like little boys, man.

I think we're starting to get our swagger back.

I think we're coming together faster than I know a lot of people thought. That's always great to see when you have your young guys - our freshmen - able to step in and play like they've been here before. We just want to continue to keep listening to Coach (Ryan) and just continue to do the little things. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves because we know we have a tough game coming up next week.

We need to find our toughness and our heart. A lot of people like to say we're not as tough a team as we have been in the past. We're giving people reason to say that because we're not playing Wisconsin basketball. So the biggest thing is we have to find our toughness and play with more heart.

We're heading into the halfway point of the Big Ten schedule. We have a real tough road game coming up Saturday (against Michigan). To get a big victory like this going into a game like that is definitely a confidence booster for everybody.

This stretch has not been good for us but we still have to stay positive because we're still in the hunt for the Big Ten championship.

We're a young team but there are no excuses. We have the talent to do it; we just have to push the younger guys and some of the older guys along.

We know he's doing that on purpose but people who don't know basketball, they're like, 'What is he doing? But that's something he's been doing all his life because he's been playing down in the post a lot and he has had to be able to get his shot over bigger guys. He gets my vote for player of the year.

Things are going to come through for them one of these games. We have to talk to them positively. Don't feed negative thoughts into their heads.

The shots just weren't falling, that's pretty much it.

Coming out in the second half, we didn't match their energy. That cost us.

Coach was trying to throw different stuff at them. When they were in the zone, he wanted me to work the wing. If they had gone man I would have gone back to the (point), but being in the zone he wanted a shooter on the other side. It was something new that he put in.

A lot of people tried to write us off before the Big Ten started and here you have a guy who is leading the conference in scoring during conference games, he's undersized but he gets the job done and when the game is on the line he's going to hit big shots. He definitely steps his game up against ranked opponents. I just think he deserves it.

We had a chance to be at the top of the Big Ten if we had come in here and won. ...Our backs are to the wall right now and we have to rely on other teams losing. From here on out every game is do or die.

They were fired up and we just didn't do a good job of matching their intensity for 40 minutes. We only came out and played one half.

I knew we could do it. People might not believe us when we say we knew we could do it when the season first started, but there was just something about this team, starting last summer when everybody was here, that it just felt like it was going to be a special season.

I'm sad. I went up to him after the game and I almost started crying because I feel bad for him. Ray's done a lot of things over the years, and he really stepped up this year, in particular, and showed a lot of senior leadership. I thank him for everything he's done for me.

I hope to lead this team to a Big Ten championship and make a run at the Final Four. I'm just being honest. I know a lot of people are going to write us off but I think we can do it. We have the players and we have the coach.

I'm disappointed and I'm sure a lot of the guys on the team were, too. We didn't play like a team that was playing for first place.

I just want to get into the (NCAA) tournament and bounce back from this loss.

Tanner has a big heart even though he's a little guy. And he comes to practice every day ready to play. The stuff he lacks in athleticism he has in smarts, the way he plays the game. It just shows if you work hard, good things will happen for you because now his schooling is for free.

I know I'm up for the challenge because that (NCAA) game was one I'll never forget. I saw how our guys were acting in the locker room after losing the last game of the season. I don't want to feel like that. I hate that feeling. I know the game is going to be very intense.

I know guys are starting to feel more confident. This whole week has definitely been a confidence booster, especially for the young guys.

I haven't seen him smile this much all year. That's a good thing. Seeing him relaxed is definitely going to relax the players.

It was just something about this team, starting last summer when everyone was here, that it just felt like it was going to be a special season.

It's definitely hard to turn it around, but this is just a challenge that this team is going to have to accept.

You can't put all the pressure on one guy to carry the whole scoring load.

It's not like we haven't faced teams that play like that. As long as we're being strong with the ball and meeting our passes and not trying to force anything, we'll be fine.

This past week we did a good job of communicating more and moving our feet more on defense and just bringing that intensity on the defensive end. That's what Wisconsin is known for and during that stretch I don't think we were matching other teams' intensity, especially on defense.

We have to continue to push, not get down on ourselves and find that leadership.

They're a lot longer than we are, even their guards are longer than our guards.

I can't afford to play like that on the road, how I did today, I just got out of my character. I don't know.