6 Quotes by Steve Leven

I've never lost a game like that. They didn't beat us. We lost it. Every turn of that game was in our hands. We gave that game away. Maybe that's the wrong thing to say, but we gave it away.

A lot of people say, 'We're a young team; we have to grow.' That time's over. There's no one on this team that's a freshman. We've all got to step up - us older guys, even the younger guys. It's on our shoulders now.

They pressed in the first half, too. We were just more decisive of what we were doing. There wasn't the miscommunication and the confusion. We were getting the ball up quick, and our big guys were shooting a very high percentage. The press wasn't harder in the second half; we made it harder. A lot of people say that we're a young team and that we have to grow. But that time is over. We all have to step up.

They pressed in the first half. The press wasn't harder in the second half; we made it harder.

It was just as tough as last year. We just did a better job of limiting our mental errors. We had a couple late in the game last year, and all week we made a conscious effort to follow the game plan.

In the first half, we executed. In the second half, we kind of deviated from what was working.