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It's not over until the final tick of the clock. Hopefully, the basketball gods will bless us.

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Real college basketball begins. Now it's 'get after it.' The teams we played were great, but now the teams we're playing are much tougher. We have to be ready.

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This isn't like any other conference. If you want to go to the conference tournament, you've got to earn your way there. So that's what we've got to do. We need to go knock some people off and play good basketball and earn our spot.

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Farley can do a lot of things, and every game he gets a little more comfortable. All these injuries have been tough, but you're going to see them as a blessing pretty soon. A lot of guys have had to mature quick, and we just have to get ready to take advantage of it.

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That's my little guy. From day one, I saw the upside in him. Looking at him, you don't think he's much of a player. But when he gets on the floor, I think he'll show he's one of the top point guards in the country.

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That's the road for you. Once you get the crowd going against you everything comes out of joint.

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I had to miss playing in the (Madison Square) Garden (against St. John's), but this is definitely one I didn't want to miss. I'll have a lot of family and friends there. For guys from Jersey, this is almost like playing in the Garden. You go back to your home state to play, it's a special thing.

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He didn't live far away from my high school (in New Jersey). He liked the way I worked and took an interest in me for some reason. He recommended me to Bobby Knight. But I haven't talked to him since he's been in Dallas.

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This is my last year, I don't want to play in the NIT and not even make the Big East tournament. We have to go full throttle.

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Our losses have been coming at the end of games. That shows the youth of this team. We got beat by a better team today. Even with me hurting, my teammates stayed in the game. It came down to a couple possessions at the end where we needed stops, and we didn't get them.

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It's not for me, it's for years to come. This is a springboard for next year.

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At least I can say I was part of it. It's always a start. Like Reece Gaines when he left (in 2002) and it led to the Final Four. I look at it that way. Maybe for years to come, this leads to a national championship.

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He's been beat up for the years he's been here.

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It was like old times. It was like a big weight coming off my shoulders, actually.

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If you saw the Villanova game, we played a great game. They just shot the ball tremendously. There is nothing you can do about that. At the same time, we have to stop Notre Dame from the three-point line. If we do that, we'll be in great shape.

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Our pride was hurt the last time we played there. We remember the feeling coming back to Louisville after losing to Pittsburgh, so we definitely wanted to go back and give a better performance. Can you imagine your career ending with a game like Pittsburgh

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I thought it was good, it just didn't fall.

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The fouls took me out of it. I had a lot of energy but maybe I was too anxious. I thought our guys played well.

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It's good to be back. I thought that just my presence out there would pick guys up, and everybody really picked it up on defense tonight. Defense was the key.

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I didn't think he would ever play again. And for him to be back here playing, that shows his heart and dedication.

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That was amazing. He's one of the best leaders in sports. He just told us that it's all about team, that there can be no egos, and you just have to do whatever's necessary to win. After hearing that, I knew that's exactly what we had to do.

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The good thing is we haven't peaked yet. We haven't touched the surface of what type of team we can be. When our guys realize how good we can be we're going to be tough.

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We keep saying every game is crucial. We've lost some games at home. Losing at home is not an option now.

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