We're thrilled. This certainly puts us in position (for an NCAA bid) with a signature win around the country. We recognize how good Illinois has been over the last few years.

Obviously, one possession here or there was going to determine the outcome for either team. We certainly need more production from a few of our other guys.

He did struggle. We certainly needed all of our perimeter players to play well and I thought it hurt us when Dion (Harris) got the two fouls (early). ... That probably forced some other guys to step up their production on the perimeter and it wasn't there. I thought Ronnie was right in the middle of that.

Daniel has a way to will shots in and will us to victory. His courage and his will were certainly on display tonight.

He certainly played at a high level. Down the stretch you want to give everything you have, and he certainly has performed very well.

It's certainly a situation I disagreed with and I got a technical for it and I deserved it.

I thought they had so much energy. (I'm) disappointed, obviously, in some of the ways that we felt like we helped them get that energy or those leads. But certainly you give them the credit that they deserve, and I thought they earned this victory and they deserved to win tonight.

I thought that was certainly the big difference when we played in Ann Arbor and it was a big key today here in East Lansing.

I thought our veterans really led the way with a lot of toughness and a lot of heart. And certainly our crowd this evening really pulled us through tonight.