Chad Ambuehl

This was a game we knew would be a dogfight. We knew Marquette was a big, physical team that liked read more

This was a game we knew would be a dogfight. We knew Marquette was a big, physical team that liked to play a tough, physical game and the officials let us play that way tonight.

It seems that when we don't shoot the ball well, we stop working hard. And tonight we didn't make anything read more

It seems that when we don't shoot the ball well, we stop working hard. And tonight we didn't make anything and I think we get discouraged and didn't play as hard on defense. That's a heart issue.

Those were big foul shots. We weren't up by that much and he just kept walking up there and making read more

Those were big foul shots. We weren't up by that much and he just kept walking up there and making free throws.

We're the underdog always and we like that. Even though we are the higher seed, we've proven nothing to Marquette read more

We're the underdog always and we like that. Even though we are the higher seed, we've proven nothing to Marquette because they beat us pretty good when we played them. They have good size inside and we had no answers for (Andy) Miller inside the lane. They are very big and strong and we have our work cut out for us.

It was really important for us to come out of the locker room with a lot of intensity. And those read more

It was really important for us to come out of the locker room with a lot of intensity. And those quick shots we made right out of the locker room were really big for us.