Bruce Weber Quotes on Running (6 Quotes)

We've got to get everybody going at the same time again. That's going to be a key down the stretch. If we can get them all clicking at the same time, we can make a run (at the Big Ten title).

You get James out, and it changes the whole game. They go on a 7-0 run that stretched to 11-0 after James went out. We did score two baskets, but they just went down and scored boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And in other games -- in the Wisconsin game, he gets fouls, goes out and they make their nice run. So we need him in the game.

It would have been nice, ... We wanted it. It wasn't one of our goals. The thing we did learn was that you have to play the whole 40 minutes. We led for 39 minutes 54 seconds. We didn't defend on the last play. I think it helped us in the Arizona game down the stretch. . . . In the long run, it got us focused again. You watch the film, and it's little things that slipped. All of a sudden they catch up with you, you know. We would have liked to be in the record book, but we still are. It's still a special season.

You lose to Michigan State, you lose to a very, very good team. They have three of the best players in the country. I hope it doesn't affect us. They have a chance to make a run deep into the tournament.

We could have gone undefeated in the regular season and lost in the first or second round and felt like a failure. This year, in my mind, we're a little bit of an underdog. If we make a great run, we would be surprising some people.

The key stretch was our defense at the end of the first half. They had a nice lead and we ended with a nice run. And then we stepped up the defense again in the middle of the second half. We limited some of the easier looks and got them to take some tougher shots.