It's hard to get up for the NIT, but after the ball jumped up, we've got to play. It's not like the selection committee is going to call us and tell us to sub for somebody. We're already here, we might as well play.
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Two senior starters let us down. There is no way that team would have beaten us with James and Jihad. We had to play a walk-on out of position. We never made excuses.
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