Elliot CadeauBefore the gameMichigan 95, Tennessee 62NCAA Elite EightGame page →
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Q4 Defensive rebounding and transition
And how important is defensive rebounding going to be to, you know, push you guys in transition?
That's either going to win or lose us the game, how good we'll be on the glass. We've seen how badly they beat Iowa State on the glass, and we've seen how that—
Q6 Facing a strong offensive rebounding team
When you see that, that a team's strength is, is offensive rebounding like that, do you guys honestly feel like lick your chops a little bit knowing like they might not have seen a team as big as you guys?
Yeah, definitely. We love, we love playing teams like this that where their biggest strength is, um, their bigs and what they do, what their bigs do, because we feel like our bigs match up against anybody. We're going to want to match up anytime.
Q14 Roddy Gayle and Trey McKenney's role
Roddy Gayle and Trey were really important in yesterday's game. How important do you think they'll be in this game, especially when it comes to trying to push the pace a little bit more?
Definitely important. We feel like we have a better bench than every team in the country. So when they're playing good, we have an advantage over every team in the country. So they're a very important piece for us tomorrow.
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