23 Quotes by Julian Wright

We're taking better shots at this point in the season. Everyone is understanding where they need to be on the floor without the ball. We're just trying to learn as we go and adjust as we go.

We had our struggles. But look at us now.

There's no excuse for what happened. As a team, our focus just wasn't there.

Sometimes, great players don't want to pass the ball. He passes the ball and fits right in as another great player on this team.

Coach talked to us at halftime about when you think about it, one play in a big game, one mental mistake, can cost us. So many of us are so hungry for playing time, we know that coach can easily replace us if we make that mental mistake. I just took it as another learning experience in college basketball. And in the second half, I calmed down. I'm learning to take what they give me.

This is a young conference as a whole. In the future, there's a lot of parody now, but I see us as only a year a way from being a super powerhouse conference like the Big East.

The way they played took the aggression out of us. But after this, we know what we have to do in a big game like this.

It was rough. When the shots went up, it was football out there. We just tried to dig down and get stops at the end.

It's plain to see that coach (Bill Self) stresses so much defense and details.