On if this was a good game for the young players to take lessons from:
“I think so. One of the things I like about this team is the options that we have. We have a little bit more depth. We have people that we can bring in. I think that’s going to require you to step your game up a little bit. You’ve got to go out and perform. That doesn’t just happen. You have you have to work for it, and it’s not always easy. Hopefully that lesson is learned, and we can still find some positive productions from all of our players moving forward.”
On how the team can improve before a Sunday matchup at West Virginia:
“There are a couple of different things that we’re looking at now. First, we need to correct some things from this game. We need to be a better basketball team, regardless of looking ahead. I think we can be a little bit better disciplined at boxing out. We talked about taking care of the basketball, valuing it each possession – working hard on offense to get a higher percentage shot. Overall, top to bottom, our defense needs to be better. Those are things that, not only will they help us be a better basketball team moving forward, it will help us in our next game, regardless of our opponent. I think those things are really important. I think our players understand that. I was disappointed. I’m glad we won, but I was disappointed. I wish we would’ve played better. Hopefully it’s a learning experience and we have to look at it as tomorrow we have an opportunity to get better, and we need to. If we want to continue to be competitive in every game, we’ve got to find ways to get better. That’s true of any team at this point.”