Elliot CadeauAfter the gameMichigan 71, Ohio State 67Big Ten TournamentGame page →
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Q2 Pride in being the target
Josh, and as far as just where Michigan is, you guys have a bullseye on your back, obviously. Big Ten champs, regular season back-to-back, hopefully now in the best tournament. How much pride do you take and how much do you take into account that they're all coming for you?
Yeah, I felt like I've been in that situation my whole college career, given the team that I played for last year and the year before that. And it's just like a different mindset you got to have when people are coming for you. They're going to have their best nights. They're going to play their best basketball against you because they're going to circle your name on their schedule.
So just having a mindset of like just playing as hard as them, because they're going to come up and play hard.
Q8 Winning without the rebound battle
Something that Dusty emphasized throughout the season was finding ways win in different ways, and especially tonight when you guys aren't winning the rebound battle the way you guys are used to. What kind of makes the difference that you guys are able to win in that kind of scenario?
Just like our defense, we're really talented on defense. So when we need stops, when we really, really need stops, I feel like everybody's— when everybody's locked in and their mindset is to really get a stop, I feel like we can do that against every team, like go 5 minutes, then go 1 for 10. So we feel like we can do that every game. Absolutely.
Q10 Being left off all-conference lists
Yeah.
It definitely is a big chip on my shoulder because I was not any all-team list at all. So when I see guys that are on the list, it really is a big chip on my shoulder.
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