Matt Braeuer Quotations

I am going to root for all three. We had a few Bradley guys talk to us and tell us good luck ... I guess we don't win the game for them, we win for ourselves and how much hard work we've put in throughout the year. The thing is, we're not satisfied.

It didn't take me very long (after arriving on campus) because they talk to us about it. Well, they didn't talk to us about it, but I asked around. But it's an interesting mascot, and it's one people don't always understand.

Last year I didn't think we were getting in, and obviously we didn't. I also didn't think Northern Iowa was getting in, and they did. So that was kind of a slap in the face, almost. We finished ahead in the conference and they still got in ahead of us. We didn't really understand that very much.

I think that's been somewhat of a motivation factor for us coming into this year, to not get snubbed. That's why I think we took it one game at a time.

It would be a big step for our program no matter who we played to get to the Sweet 16. We know how hard we've worked to get here. We respect Tennessee and it's going to take one of our better games to beat them, but I can promise you we're not intimidated.

If you look at it like it's any different, I think that's when you fail.

Everybody loves to score and rebound and shoot. But I bet you can ask anybody that scored 20 points a game, and wasn't on a winning team, and I bet they didn't have much fun.

Everybody knows what it takes to win and everybody would sacrifice scoring 20 points a game to be on a winning team, to be on a championship team. I think that's what it all boils down to.

I know I'll be getting a lot of phone calls if we do pop up, especially if it's in Dallas.

I just think we played really well, under all the scrutiny of the Missouri Valley -- we pretty much shoved it right back in their face.

As a kid, that was my dream. I always said that's where I want to be, in the middle of the madness. As long as things go as expected, I think we'll be in the middle of it.