16 Quotes by Tom Vix

We had balanced scoring, and we never let (Ellsworth) get on a big run.

Martinez is tough on (defending) the ball. He?s very quick and a good defender.

I think he just took over the team when we were in trouble. Any time a team really got after us, he just grabbed the ball and beat the press all by himself.

We need some tests and we got one tonight. This is why you come to these tournament. You want to play games like this against good teams.

That's the way the game is. You play through it.

We put a lot on him early. It was like we let him do his thing and everyone else just stood and watched. As the season went on, he settled down and waited for opportunities. He became a better player. He has learned to play relaxed. He doesn't have to do something every time down the court.

We had great effort. Not everything was perfect, but we played hard.

We just didn't handle the pressure well. They're quicker than we are. We didn't want to get in a game where we had to chase them.

We had to make improvements to get where we needed to be. Playing those 25-game schedules, you don't have a lot of practice times to tweak things.