It's great for us. We've just got to keep playing defense and play even better if we want to win the whole thing. I think we can do it.

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The Big East, the best conference in all of the land, won't be there. We've shown what we can do.

199

I think a lot of teams got the idea that they could run over us because of our past. That's not going to happen. We're a different group of guys.

199

Our four big guys can run with guards. And we all know it, so when we go on a fast break, it's like a track meet with us running side by side down court.

195

Everybody is eager to play defense this year. Everybody wants to get stops, everybody wants to press, everybody wants to do all that stuff, there's a lot of pride on defense.

161

I don't have to pinch myself. I knew it was a good team from the beginning. It's just surprising to all of y'all.

133

They have a strong front court, but they also have fast guards who can shoot the three and penetrate down the lane.

114

We don't have anybody on this team who believes they're the superstar. We feel like we're all equals.

113

I can't say I'm surprised. We've been playing together a while and impressed a lot of people in the summer. I'm not going to pinch myself. You know, I'm not cocky, but I knew we had a great team.

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