15 Quotes by Tom Herrion

They might have caught us a little stunned, and it was contagious. Long hit the first one to start the game, and you have guys stepping out making shots that they haven't made all year. Give them credit, but I thought we played with our hands low. We've guarded the 3 as well as anyone in our conference all season. We didn't do a good job this afternoon.

That's something he's been battling for a while in terms of his confidence. He's spent a lot of time working on his shot after practice, and today he got some of the reward. He's a talented player. When he adds a shot to his game, he really becomes hard to guard.

I'm surprised that, in a game of significance, we didn't respond for the full 40 minutes. I'm very, very surprised about that. We knew this was a great opportunity in a game that had significance. We've obviously put ourselves in another spot, and now we have to dig in.

In the end, our defense clearly was the difference. That's a hard team to prepare for in one night, with the way they run their spread offense. When I started studying it, I knew you needed two or three days to really handle something like that. But we didn't have the time.

He told me this is where he needed to be.

The lineup they've got out there causes problems, because they're so quick and agile. It's traditional for us to try to find a big body. Now, we've got guys trying to chase a little guard. They're harder to block out.