46 Quotes by Matt Painter

I thought our guys did a good job. We just couldn't finish. We weren't able to make enough shots. I thought Marcus White did a good job of attacking and being able to finish and be efficient around the basket. We didn't make enough to make them adjust, and that was the key.

Our guys gave a good effort. They fought, but we didn't take care of the ball in the second half. A lot of that had to do with Ohio State's quickness.

I thought Marcus White played within himself on both ends of the court. I think that it's very important for him just to let the game come to him, not force things.

That was my biggest concern. It's tough for our guys to bounce back, you know, it's that 'here we go again.' But we kept fighting and kept plugging away.

We don't talk about the adversity. We talk about the things that will help us improve and win. It's going to happen. And if it doesn't, we died trying.

We really struggled shooting the basketball in the last four or five games, which is too bad because I think these guys worked hard to improve.

You'd like to be right there to make him put the ball on the floor or hesitate and we weren't.

We are a better team than we were two and one-half hours ago - there's no doubt about that. That is what we have to have going into the Northwestern game.

We did think about Doyle. He has that old man game that you see with guys like that at 'noon' ball. But it's effective. He's a good player. That's just his style.