10 Quotes by Barry Collier

We've simplified things defensively. That has been a plus. But the biggest point of all this is the guys have taken more responsibility and helped each other.

What I see in every game is teams that are really prepared. There are no easy outs. Most of the talk about this is blather and too much cough syrup sipping.

He's a great player and has been on a really hot streak. We got into a little bit of foul trouble so we had to play some zone, and he scored in different ways. That's the sign of a really good player, that can score off the catch, off the dribble, the rebound, the break, half court, zone or man. He had a really good night. But he's been doing that so you know that going in.

He can score the ball, run their offense and he applies a lot of defensive pressure.

Kansas didn't just cut our hair. They shaved our head. They scored 196 or 96 or one or the other on us. It'll take a tremendous effort to slow them down and change that.

I think we weren't as sharp as we needed to be and Missouri was aggressive and took advantage of our mistakes.

I think most of the talk about this is just blather and too much cough-syrup sipping.

We went through a tough stretch. Kansas didn't just cut our hair, they shaved our head.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm the coach at Nebraska until I hear different and I don't know anymore than that. I just try to coach our team and I'm very grateful for the opportunity to do that. We're going to keep our fingers crossed for a nod on Sunday night to play and that's where my focus is going to be.