Dusty May and players after win vs. Arizona

John Borton, the Wolverine. Dusty, you had Yaxel for 5 and a half minutes in the first half and Aday playing with 2 fouls, and yet you pull away somewhat at the half. Talk about how crucial that stretch was and how you were able to pull that off. Well, obviously with Morez— Morez had 2 fouls, Aday had 2 fouls, Yaxel I think had 2 fouls and a couple and 2 injuries.

And so we were obviously extremely concerned. Our staff's done an unbelievable job of managing the minutes and the rotations and getting those guys in and stealing a few minutes here and there. But when we went small, we were obviously concerned when you're playing Arizona going small. And we were able to get stops.

The guards were flying— wings were flying in and keeping balls alive. And once we were able to get them, we turned our disadvantage on one end to an advantage on the other and had them spaced out. And I thought we generated some great looks in the first half and they didn't go down. And then the same shots dropped in the second.

Well, apparently you guys missed the UConn-Duke game. The game was already decided. We were playing Duke tomorrow. They were up 19, correct, in the second half.

And who won? So these being out and you're playing Arizona, one of the best teams, I mean, statistically the number 1 or 2 team all year in the country with— and you're up 20 with 10 minutes left, with 8 and a half minutes left. We didn't feel quite as confident as you guys did that we could just hang, you know, put the kids to bed. And he came in and just— Elliot Cadeau was in foul trouble.

And so he just held it down. So, yeah, we obviously, we felt like the game was still in hand.

We've played with great physicality all year. We've done a great job in the weight room. We've done, I think, a real solid job of not beating our guys up in practice but yet preparing them for the mental and physical wear and tear of these type of games. But it's a mindset.

It's not as if Morez Johnson needs to get souped up to go bang against those guys. That's who he is by nature. And then you look at Trey McKenney, how physical he is for a freshman. Roddy Gayle and even Aday Mara.

Aday Mara's really come a long way with his strength and also just his mindset. But, and yeah, I think the guys, the Big Ten schedule prepared those guys for this.