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Quotables: Northwestern Welcomes No. 5 Michigan to Welsh-Ryan Arena
12/3/2018 2:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Northwestern will play host to No. 5 Michigan on Tuesday night in their first Big Ten home game. Read what the Wildcats are saying in advance of their big matchup...
"We battle, we believe in it, our guys care about it and we have the pieces. We have long guys, we're pretty good in our concepts with our spacing and we have the ability to shrink the floor because of our size. And we have an elite big man defender in Pardon. It's something in this league you're going to have to do because people are gonna lock in on us too. A lot of these games become grind-it-out battles and if you're not playing defense you have no chance to win."
— Sullivan-Ubben Head Men's Basketball Coach Chris Collins on the team's defense.
"He's not only giving what he's got on offense and finishing, but he's also a warrior defensively … We know what we have in Dererk, he was terrific."
— Sullivan-Ubben Head Men's Basketball Coach Chris Collins on senior Dererk Pardon.
"We got to go home and we have to take care at home. That's what this league is about, so we'll get our rest and we'll be ready to go Tuesday night."
-- Sullivan-Ubben Head Men's Basketball Coach Chris Collins on the upcoming Michigan game.
"We battle, we believe in it, our guys care about it and we have the pieces. We have long guys, we're pretty good in our concepts with our spacing and we have the ability to shrink the floor because of our size. And we have an elite big man defender in Pardon. It's something in this league you're going to have to do because people are gonna lock in on us too. A lot of these games become grind-it-out battles and if you're not playing defense you have no chance to win."
— Sullivan-Ubben Head Men's Basketball Coach Chris Collins on the team's defense.
"He's not only giving what he's got on offense and finishing, but he's also a warrior defensively … We know what we have in Dererk, he was terrific."
— Sullivan-Ubben Head Men's Basketball Coach Chris Collins on senior Dererk Pardon.
"We got to go home and we have to take care at home. That's what this league is about, so we'll get our rest and we'll be ready to go Tuesday night."
-- Sullivan-Ubben Head Men's Basketball Coach Chris Collins on the upcoming Michigan game.
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