Dusty May press conference after win vs. Gonzaga

I think our team has adopted his personality. We don't have a rugged group by nature. We have some guys that have grown into being tough, rugged dudes, but Morez Johnson, every single minute of every single day, brings a physicality and an intensity, a serious approach to everything that he does. And man, I appreciate him so much.

I mean, Kyle Church and I have worked together for a million years, and two days ago he said, "We've never had one of those." We've never had one of those— talk about Morez Johnson— just a guy that impacts the game in so many ways. And now because of his work and the staff's ability to help him get better, he's playing well out of the short rolls.

He's adding to his game. And so the sky's the limit for Morez Johnson. But I'm very, very grateful for him because he's our enforcer. He's our rim protector with a die. And just he does so much, but he's also so selfless.

Yeah, we're not going to lie to them and go in and tell them that they stunk. Now, there's some things that we need to improve on. We got a little bit loose in the second half. But if we remain about the work and the process of getting better, then we're going to stay on this innocent climb.

If we start listening to what everybody else is saying, then we'll start wanting more individually, and then we'll slowly— there will be cracks in the foundation, and then it will eventually crumble. Hopefully that doesn't happen because we are aware of what's coming with all of this, and we have a team that as of today is completely bought in to sacrifice, to supporting each other and playing for each other and trusting that the results will be there when they need to be there.

That as of November, whatever today is, we have a really good basketball team with an extremely high ceiling and a low floor. Um, but to win big at this level, a conference championship, a conference tournament, whatever the case, a lot has to go right. In this tournament, a lot went right. We played 3 incredible programs.

I never would have dreamed this would happen in a million years, but it happened and now it goes back to like, how are we going to respond to this? And so I think we have a mature group. I think we have a group that will continue to put their teammates above themselves. We'll take two more right down the row.