68 Quotes by Maurice Ager

We make a lot of dumb mistakes. Just mental errors down the stretch. Turnovers. Just mental lapses that come back and get us. ... Giving somebody an open 3-pointer. Not being in the right place on a play.

I think we took a good step. Illinois played the same team (winning 61-42). And in the back of our minds, we were measuring ourselves against them. One of the reasons I came back as a senior was to win a Big Ten championship.

It happened so fast. We were up there at first and now we're at the bottom. It's rough.

I think this would be a great opportunity to win a championship. During the regular season, we really didn't get the chance that we wanted, so this is a great opportunity for us to make up for that.

I was a little surprised. Honestly, I didn't think we were going to win by 30. But you know, every team has their night and we had ours tonight.

It felt good to come back and play at the crib. We ain't had nobody root for us in a long time, so it felt great.

It feels pretty good right now. They're a tough team and we can celebrate right now but at the same time we still have a job to do and finish it off this weekend.

I tell him he's got to do what he's got to do to take care of his body and play hard. Right now, it really don't matter how tired he is. This is it right now.

We noticed that. But we've got to take care of this game (George Mason) first.