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Message: [QUOTE="tcf15, post: 3824859, member: 208"] [B]POSTGAME QUOTES UConn Head Coach [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/staff.aspx?staff=182']Jim Calhoun[/URL][/B] [INDENT]“A lot of times when games are built up, sometimes they don’t fulfill their promise. think the score is a little misleading. I think that game from a competitiveness standpoint, from a toughness standpoint, from an atmosphere standpoint, certainly more than fulfilled its promise.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“Jay Wright has just done an incredible, incredible job. They may be, pound for pound, the toughest team that we’ve played anywhere, anytime.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“Early in the game we had to match their toughness.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“It was a tough, tough game, and a great win for us.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“I thought we increased our toughness, and that’s what we had to do to win.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“In the year 2006, if their season ends before the Final Four, you’re going to have to be pretty good to beat them. They’re good. We played them here in a great environment, but they’re going to be awfully, awfully tough to beat. That’s a great team heart.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“Unless you have a tough team, not just a talented team, you cannot win the Big East.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][B]On [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1930']Denham Brown[/URL]: [/B][/I]“Denham had, arguably, the best game of his career at a good time; Denham was outstanding ...”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][B]On [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1925']Rudy Gay[/URL]: [/B][/I]“The eye really knocked him off. I happened to watch the Vargas fight last night and watched his eye closing. It wasn’t quite that dramatic, but we did have our cut man working on it. He responded well in the second half after being very leery after he got hit. And I don’t blame him. The scratch there is pretty good.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][B]On [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1919']Jeff Adrien[/URL]: [/B][/I]“I think we went on an 18 to 3 run when [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1919']Jeff Adrien[/URL] went in. All of a sudden the game changed. When he got a rebound, nobody was going to try to grab it away from him. For a freshman to go in and make that kind of a stand is very significant.”[/INDENT] [B][URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1920']Marcus Williams[/URL] [/B] [INDENT][B]On the “bullies” comment by Villanova: [/B]“I think some of us took that to heart, especially Jeff. It’s kind of like calling someone out, like if they want to fight. We started to see them pushing us and fouling us and the refs weren’t calling it. We took the initiative to give it back. “[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On what they did today that was different than the last game vs. Villanova: [/B]“I think we kept penetration to a limit, closed down the shooters and hit the defensive glass as well. We ran our offense. Denham and Rashad played a great game for us.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On the play of [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1919']Jeff Adrien[/URL]: [/B]“I wouldn’t say I was surprised. At this kind of game, Jeff always comes through; he’s a man-child out there. He was clearing the glass, moving his way through the paint getting buckets. That’s normal, that’s what I see all of the time.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On differences between two games: [/B]“The first time we played them we didn’t expect to play the way they did. We hadn’t faced it; they had a new team, different team, 4 guards. Then we studied a little film, we’ve seen their strengths and weaknesses and we exploited them.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On rest of season: [/B]“We still have to go out there and focus. It was a big win for us, but we still have 2 games left, South Florida and Louisville to close out. We are going into the BIG EAST tournament strong.”[/INDENT] [B][URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1919']Jeff Adrien[/URL] [/B] [INDENT][B]On South Florida coming up next:[/B] “They are going to be hungry with UConn coming in. A lot of schools are like that when UConn comes in, they play their best game. We are going to be ready for South Florida, and take one game at a time. The ball is our hands, we are just going to go out there and play basketball.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“I like games like that, physical games. It is something that is part of me, people say I’m undersized but I don’t’ think so. I still have to go out there and play 10x harder.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On Villanova saying they were the bullies of the conference: [/B]“We read it before the game, we didn’t even know about it until this week. But it really fueled me up, I was like wow, one game and now they were talking about being the big bullies of the BIG EAST. Think what you want to think but you still have to go out there play basketball. If you are talking about it, you have to back it up.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On the crowd: [/B]“Around here the noise is much louder, in the smaller dome. The noise stays right there on the court. They are our sixth man out there so it was really good. Thanks to them.”[/INDENT] [B][URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1925']Rudy Gay[/URL] [/B] [INDENT][B]On getting poked in the eye:[/B] “Actually two people hit me in the face; just one hit me in the eye. I couldn’t see out of it for a long time, most of the first half. It kind of bothers you but if you are trying to win a game you aren’t worried about it you have to put it behind you.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“After that game you have to be scrappy, with the size advantage you have to do things like that. Hustle points, things like that. It was a tough game and I’m glad to have it behind us.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On team playing with toughness:[/B] “I think it shows we stepped up to the task. They came out like they were tough, they smacked and held and stuff and we did the same thing and that’s how we showed them.”[/INDENT] [B][URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1924']Josh Boone[/URL] [/B] [INDENT]“They came in with the mentality that they are the toughest team in the BIG EAST and we came in with the same one. It was just a matter of us matching that same intensity and giving it right back to them.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“It doesn’t matter. You have to prove yourselves every game. It doesn’t matter what your reputation in the league is or anything, every team is going to come at you the same way, especially when you have a high ranking. They beat us last time and they probably didn’t respect us as much because of that. We came in and we tried to match their intensity and match their level of play.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On what they take out of this game:[/B] “Out of this game, we know how tough we are now.”[/INDENT] [B][URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1928']Rashad Anderson[/URL] [/B] [INDENT]“Anytime in the game, we always feed off each others instincts. When somebody’s hot, we always make sure they get the ball. Everybody’s got to help each other out. That’s what we did tonight, collectively as a group.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1930']Denham Brown[/URL]‘s dunk:[/B] “I almost got a technical foul because I almost came on the court. And then I said, let me back up a little bit.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On the physical nature of the game: [/B]“It was fun. Fun.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On the difference between this game and the last one against Villanova:[/B] “We played hard and we executed; bottom line. We played harder and we wanted it more.”[/INDENT] [B][URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1930']Denham Brown[/URL] [/B] [INDENT][B]On playing against 4 guard offense: [/B]“We went over it a lot in practice, to try to hedge everything. We made some adjustments from last game. “[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On Villanova’s bully comment: [/B]“I think today’s game speaks for itself. We are just as tough as any team in the league. We just go out and play. We play hard, we play tough and we are a talented team.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On blocks: [/B]“I’m not going to try to do something that’s out of my range or that would get me into foul trouble. If I go for a block my man can get a rebound because I’m out of position for that. I have to pick and choose.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“Randy Foye is a great player, I like him. Allan Ray is an amazing shooter. Great competition, especially in the BIG EAST. Having the two of them on the same team is a great combination for guards.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]On [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1919']Jeff Adrien[/URL]‘s play: [/B]“He stepped up big for us today, tremendous. The rebounds he had, a couple of baskets. He is a beast. To me he’s the bully of the BIG EAST; especially as a freshman; it will be scary to see him in a couple of years.”[/INDENT] “We are tougher than a lot of people give us credit for because we are so talented. I think a lot of our guys are tough physically and mentally.” “Coach said this is just like any other game; it was a game to win. But us players really had a bull’s-eye on this one, we circled it, got all the arrow to it, did all of that work and made sure that we stayed focused and got ready for this game.” [/QUOTE]

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