64 Quotes by Alando Tucker

Those are crucial minutes. We wanted to get a good start because we didn't want this game to resemble the Milwaukee game.

You look at their faces after a loss, it's tough. You lose one at home in the Big Ten, it's always tough. You have to realize that this is still early.

We're young. Mistakes come early in practice but it seems like the young guys are getting better and better at understanding things.

We just weren't finishing. But we wanted to stick with our game plan. There was plenty of time left.

We have to close out as strong as we can. It's still a possibility, there's still a chance for us to win a Big Ten championship.

We have to close out as strong as we can. It's a chance for us to get a Big Ten championship, depending on how things go. We have to make sure we close out hard and do everything possible as much as we can to put ourselves in position in these last games.

We've got to get stronger. A lot of guys have got to get quicker. This is definitely a motivation game to show guys we have to step our game up another level, another notch.

With some of the things that happened in the past and earlier in the season, I knew we were going to go through a tough stretch. We have to stay strong. ... we can't give up. We have to keep fighting (and) keep competing every night.

You can tell he's excited. It's only natural when you come play in front of your family. We'd love to get a win for him. We know how important it can be even though he doesn't show it.