Northwestern University Athletics
Quotes From the NU-Minnesota Men's Basketball Game
2/6/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 6, 2001
POSTGAME QUOTES FROM NU-MINNESOTA MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME
February 6, 2001
MINNESOTA COACH DAN MONSON
"It was a bittersweet win with the loss of John Bickerstaff, but the players rallied in honor of him. John is the heart and character of this team. I told the players it was, in a way, good to see him end his career on a play that epitomizes him as a player."
"This win is just another example of our team's ability to handle and play through adversity. I am proud of this win, circumstances don't get any harder than this for us."
"We are going to have to make some adjustments for next weekend. Dusty [Rychart] is the only guy who truly knows the power forward position."
NORTHWESTERN COACH BILL CARMODY
"Every game as a coach is hard when you don't win. Sometimes the closer ones are worse than the ones when you get massacred. You try to work hard for the whole game, and your guys are working hard -- that's just the fruits of the work so that makes it tough."
"I thought we were hesitant. We turned the ball over -- we stepped on the out of bounds line twice on the baseline on the drive -- and Ben [Johnson] and Winston [Blake] were hesitant in shooting the ball. I haven't seen that too much. I thought they got some pretty good looks."
"After awhile we got the hang of it. It was a very spread defense and we got the ball down to Aaron [Jennings] for most of the rest of the night, but he was 3-for-8 from the floor and that doesn't even count the missed shots when he was fouled. And we didn't get 3-point plays out of it, and some of those you have to convert."
"Collier [Drayton] played hard. He got some rebounds he had no business getting, and he tipped some balls from behind on the press. He always gives us a good effort. I never question him that way."
