Mike Davis Quotations | Page 2

I just said that because I know the love (fans) have for this school and for the program. Whether it happens, it's up to Rick Greenspan. It's not my job to make the decision for him.

Hopefully, he got some rest (Sunday) and he'll be ready to go (tonight). Tuesday is definitely a quick turnaround.

I probably should have stepped down a little earlier. I felt it. Our guys' minds were just gone. What you have to understand is that they care about me, and I care about them, and sometimes when you try to play to keep someone's job, you have a tendency not to do anything. Right now, they're just playing basketball. Three weeks ago, this game probably would be a 20-point (loss). The game at Purdue (a 70-59 Indiana victory) would have been a 10-15 point loss. Right now, we're playing with peace of mind.

I probably should have stepped down a little earlier. Our guys' minds were just gone because what you have to understand is they care about me ... Sometimes when you're playing to try and keep someone's job, you have a tendency not to do anything.

I didn't even think he could go. But he fought through it and played a great second half.

He's really more of a hyper coach and likes to get into it.

He's the leading scorer in the country, so there's really nothing we can do. We hope he misses some shots. We don't have anyone who can really guard him. No one has figured it out.

It's day to day. We won't know until (today) before the game if he'll play. He did not practice at all (this week), but hopefully he'll play (tonight).

It was a game where I thought both teams played hard. I think Matt Painter is doing a just unbelievable job. You lose four starters and you can still put a team on the floor that competes and plays hard and causes problems. I don't know another team in the country that can lose four starters and compete at all.

I really wanted to send the seniors off on a good note, with a win in a bowl game. But it's not going to happen.

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The first half we didn't move the ball quick enough. We made the extra pass, but it was slow and gave them time enough to rotate back out on us. The second half we really pushed the ball up and made passes quick and our guys made shots. When you make shots, you cure a lot of things.

You can't take credit for guarding Dee Brown. He's one of the best players in our league. I think he just missed some open shots, but he still had 11 assists. We can't take credit for that because Dee is an awfully good player.

This is a great day for Indiana basketball. Trust me, it is.

It's a lot of work putting the floors down again. You have to make sure the moisture is just right because if it gets too much moisture, the floor swells. So, you have to make sure that the wood is at a certain moisture level.

They executed much better than we did. They blocked us out and beat us to the loose balls.

They are the only team this year to win at Illinois, so that goes to show you they are capable of beating anyone at any time.

They have a good basketball team and they just lost some road games. That's part of being in a good conference. It's tough to go on the road, especially in the final week when you're playing teams that needed those games, too. Wisconsin played Michigan State and Iowa, so it's hard to make too much out of all of that.

They have an experienced team, so playing on the road will not bother them. They beat us here last time we played, so they will have confidence coming in here knowing they could win at Assembly Hall.

We went from being a very deep basketball team to only having enough to practice today.

We missed some wide open shots. They made theirs, we missed ours.

This was probably his best game. He had seven offensive boards. He didn't commit any serious fouls ... That's the player we need for us to be a good basketball team.

This was probably Marco's best game. He had seven offensive boards; didn't commit any silly fouls. That's the play that we need for us to be a good basketball team.

This was the first time I saw guys kind of not ready to shoot the basketball. If we are wide open, I don't mind us taking 40 threes ... Our guys just looked a little gun shy.

This team is a better basketball team because this team has bought into what we're trying to do. But I can't talk about last year.

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We just need to focus on winning a game. We don't look at it as trying to get into the tournament. We're just trying to win some basketball games.

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They're so fast on defense, ... We're undermanned and undersized. We can't play teams that have that type of quickness and skills. We tried everything on offense. They're as good as anybody I've seen in a while. I knew we would have more trouble with their defense than their offense.

They're so fast on defense. We're undermanned and undersized. We can't play teams that have that type of quickness and skills. We tried everything on offense. They're as good as anybody I've seen in a while. I knew we would have more trouble with their defense than their offense.

I am not going to talk about rebounding because I may jinx us, but it is an effort. We may have set an all-time low in rebounds with 18 at Michigan State, but when you look at it, Marco has had 12 and 10 (rebounds). He is going after rebounds he wasn't going after earlier.

I figured it would be something bad when (the officials) called me over. Our plan was to miss the second free throw at 0.8. Make the first one, miss the second one. Since we were up two, we had to make the second free throw, because with 2.1, a lot of things can happen in that situation.