University of Minnesota Athletics
Postgame Quotes: Michigan
2/19/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Minnesota Head Coach Richard Pitino
Michigan Head Coach John Beilein
Opening Statement...
"Great basketball game and congratulate Minnesota. They really got a good team. They have a lot of pieces that you need, with a great point guard, big men, and great shooters on the perimeter. Their bench is good. #24 (Eric Curry) came in for them and really played well as did Dupree (McBrayer). That is huge to have those type of guys coming off the bench, so really good team you have here in Minnesota and wish we could have got the win. Very uncharacteristic for us to go 9 for 18 from the free-throw line. We will grow from it. We are on an unfriendly schedule with a game Wednesday in Rutgers, so we have to get our rest and get home."
On getting outrebounded…
"We are going to get outrebounded a lot and Minnesota is really good at that. They got a couple of really strong guys that are excellent on the backboards and that is not the difference of the game. There was a 9 for 18 in the foul line and we had some tough breaks."
On Wilson's game tying shot...
"It was residual. It was something for Duncan (Robinson) or Derrick (Walton Jr.) in each corner and if they weren't open, then DJ (Wilson) and Moritz (Wagner) to take it. I wish I can take credit for it, but no credit. It was Duncan not shooting a bad three because we did have 8 seconds. We had time to get a good shot off."
On the offense in the second half...
"I thought we had some really good looks in the first half. We didn't drop them. They extended us a little bit, but it didn't seem to flow as well. I have to watch the video a little bit more, but we just couldn't get enough stops. We couldn't stop their free throws. It's a physical game and it's got to be physical both way."
Sophomore Dupree McBrayer
"Definitely got me going. I was being more aggressive, try to get to the basket, trying to get to the free throw line. It was starting to come more and more so I got confident more and more."
On the fifth overtime of the season...
"Usually, we have to stay composed and confident. We've been here before and we've had success in overtime. We have to stay confident and just know that we have to rough it up and ride it out."
"We're a really resilient group. A really confident group, as well. We know that we've been here before. We've made mistakes and we've had success, so we know that we can learn from our mistakes and can keep doing what makes us successful. I have a lot of confidence in our guys. You saw Dupree today. Eric [Curry] was terrific today. We have a lot of guys ready to go."
