Postgame Quotes

March 9, 2002

Oklahoma Men's Quotes

Saturday, March 9, 2002 / Kemper Arena / Kansas City, Mo.

Head Coach KELVIN SAMPSON

On the game:
"I know how difficult to play the Friday game. When you play two games in a row like this, it comes to toughness. Texas is a team you have to do two or three things well against. When T.J. is their leading scorer, you are at an advantage."

"I thought Hollis played great. He rebounded well and passed well, because of that we had tremendous confidence in him."

On playing Kansas tomorrow:
"When you play Kansas, you aren't going to stop them. I think you all fully expect us to lose to them and I don't know if I don't agree with you, but what you have to do to compete with a team of this intensity, you have to make baskets."

On the NCAA Tournament seeding:
" We put ourselves in the situation to be #1 seed. We played some tough teams and came out with big wins."

"I think you have to earn the right to be good. Back in October and November we had good parts, now we have a good team."

SENIOR FORWARD AARON McGHEE

On Oklahoma's dominance over Texas:
"I guess we have their number. It feels good to win against them every time we go out on the floor against them."

On shutting down Texas' center James Thomas
"I just tried to stay in front of him and limit his touches. He's difficult to control down low but as long as you stay in front of him he's not as difficult."

On playing KU:
"The guys felt really bad when we lost in Lawrence. We've gotten better but so have they. But we're going to go into the game with a lot of confidence."

JUNIOR GUARD JASON DETRICK

On him stepping up with Hollis Price struggling:
"Coming off the bench I do what the team needs me to do. They usually don't need me to score but I stepped up my offense today because I saw that Hollis was struggling

SENIOR FORWARD DARYAN SELVY

On playing KU:
"It's going to be a war. We're not going to change our game plan. We're going to go out there and push it and try to slow them down as much as possible."

Texas Men's Quotes

Saturday, March 9, 2002 / Kemper arena / Kansas city, Mo.

Head Coach RICK BARNES

On the loss to Oklahoma:
"We were awful tonight because we were missing shots early and that really affected our offense. We couldn't hold the ball, we couldn't catch the ball."

On T.J. Ford as a scoring threat:
"I thought tonight there was no question who the best player was out there. It was T.J. Ford. He made some great passes tonight that we didn't get anything out of . . . We haven't seen the best of T.J. Ford yet. He can do it all."

On OU's ability to hit three-pointers:
"They had the ability to do that. Where we hurt ourselves is we didn't answer on the other end...Our offense really dug a hole tonight."

FRESHMAN GUARD T.J. FORD

On playing two different teams two nights in a row:
"It's hard to play the same type of game two nights in a row. Game plans change and teams play different ways, so its hard to do the same thing tonight that you did last night."

"When you play these types of games two nights in a row, your mind controls your body."

FRESHMAN CENTER JASON KLOTZ

On whether OU has Texas' number:
"It seems like it, doesn't it? I really think the difference today was that OU came up with every loose ball and rebound and made every foul shot."

On his play:
"Our shot selection was terrible. I'm not too happy with the way I played."

SOPHOMORE GUARD BRANDON MOUTON

On the third straight loss to OU in the Big 12 Tournament:
"OU does some great things. I'd like to have this game back, a lot of shots weren't falling, and they made a lot of open 3s."

JUNIOR GUARD ROSS TERRELL

On how to beat OU: "I think they were something like 10 of 21 from 3-point range. That's tremendous and it's hard to compete with that

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