They've been on the top of our league for the last five years. They've been the team to beat for a long time and not a lot of people have been able to do it.
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My only focus is on our team. All my efforts and passion and enthusiasm are on this Hawkeye basketball team.Steve Alford
There was a lot of emotion for the seniors, but not just for them. Sometimes it's what your teammates do (on Senior Night), and I think we saw that.
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These are four important games. The teams you play one time, you don't get another chance to play them again if they beat you. If you win, you control your own destiny. If you don't, you have to hope somebody else beats that team.
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I just kept trying to write 'Poise' and 'Confidence' and 'Toughness' on the board. It's not like we're going to set plays up at the end of the game. We know they're fouling.
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There's no question I don't think it's a very good thing when coaches or players get booed by the home crowd. That's never something that's positive.
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We're going to enjoy this for 48 hours. I'm glad we don't play till Friday because playing three games of this caliber in three straight days, it gives us an extra day to get some rest.
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