Washington-Arizona Postgame Quotes
February 07, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 7, 2002
Washington Head Coach Bob Bender
"Our team should not hang their heads. We put together a great effort. It was our inability to shoot free throws that cost us the game."
"Our team knows that it isn't fun losing these games. We did manage to get the ball inside. In this building you can have a night where you hit threes and then they sprint ahead. We kept battling back with good defense."
"The key to the game is that Arizona got second shot opportunities. They got big rebounds. We wanted to guard Jason Gardner face to face. We wanted to take away his defender. I think that we made him work for his shots tonight."
"We need to bring the same effort that we had in this game into Saturday's game against Arizona State. We have to play against them at the same pace."
"Will Conroy had one of his best performances tonight. He played with a lot of confidence tonight. He played well on both ends. Doug (Wrenn) didn't start because he was late to practice. He knows that if you are a starter and you are late to practice then you don't start. He didn't hang his head, he still had a good game."
Arizona Head Coach Lute Olson
"A win is a win, but we didn't play as smart as we should have played. We got an excellent performance out of Channing Frye. He was very active, and I am very pleased with that. His confidence is up, he is strong, and he is doing a good job of going after the ball. We also got a consistent effort out of Salim Stoudamire. Our two best players tonight were Channing (Frye) and Salim (Stoudamire). I have a hard time saying that we got the same consistency at other spots."
"We cannot shoot 55 percent from the line. We had several opportunities to put them away with our free throws, but we did not do it when we had the chance."
"I am concerned because things are winding down. This is not December. We are getting closer and closer to where every possession and every game will determine whether we continue our season. We need to have better concentration. We have to get a full-blown effort both mentally and physically from everyone."
"Michael Schwertley gave us a good effort tonight. He really plays hard in practice, and he will get more minutes. If we can't maintain our concentration and effort at that spot (forward), then we are going to cut back on people's minutes. Mike definitely is going to have a chance to play more."
