4 Quotes by Rick Sloan

We knew that going against a physical team like this on Day 4 of the tournament would be a struggle. They wore us down.

We weren't trying to stall, even if it might have looked that way. We just wanted to be patient and get the shots we wanted. We did not want to make it a half-court game. We decided to we'd extend the game 94 feet, and it ended up working out for us.

They're a good enough team that when you go into a game with one of your hands tied behind your back, you're in trouble. At the same time, those two kids made the plays. They shot well.

There's been one constant with this team all season, and that's been defense. I told them we had to concentrate on slowing things down and being very deliberate. It wasn't pretty, but we got what we wanted.