32 Quotes by Jeff Adrien

This game was really a big game for us, a statement. They got real happy after that first win and we had to shut their mouths. Today we had to go out there and show them we're not what they think we are. We are men out there.

It wasn't intentional or anything like that. I was just playing basketball.

It was real hard to just get it going. We tried to get on the glass and we kind of got beat up down there. Next time we have to come out tougher and we're really going to be ready. ... We're going to be hungry. We're not going to let that happen again, especially to them.

It really felt like it was the last game of the year. The Syracuse loss really affected me. I don't like that feeling. There's only one way out and that's give every limb of your body you've got.

It's good, but No. 1 is really for April in Indianapolis. That's what we're looking for. It's nice to have, but we're not really into that right now.

That loss at Marquette was just a bad loss for us. We came back on the road at Syracuse. This was a statement game for us. We just went out there and played basketball and made a statement. The statement was that we're here and we're here to stay. We're not pushovers. We're not little boys. We're men out there.

It was like the last 15 minutes of the Syracuse game. We played hard and we got into each other.

I'm just earning my minutes, I knew I had the capabilities to play here, and it was just a matter of going out and doing it. Finally I'm doing it and I'm even more hungry to do even more, there are more things I can do.

I guess he was trying to throw a punch. I didn't fight. I wasn't attacking anyone.