Basketball Quotes – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/28/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 28, 2002
%^$Brian Brown on Michigan
%^$”They’ve already had one team celebrate on them with Wisconsin. Now they’re going to be at home and more hungry because we beat them (earlier this season in Columbus). They’re not going to want to get swept. I’m sure they won’t want us to win the championship on their home floor either. We have to go out there ready to play. It’s going to be a tough game for us.%^$
%^$”Our defense is something that has been up and down all year. We have to make sure that we defend them well. We beat them by a good margin here at home, but it’s going to be a different story up there.%^$
%^$”I think there might be a little bit of a rivalry because its Michigan and Ohio State, but I think it’s more that they don’t want us to win (a share of the Big Ten title) on their home floor. They’re going to have that in the back of their heads and they’re going to want to deny us that title.”%^$
%^$Boban Savovic on Michigan
%^$”We’re going to have to pressure them a lot and play good defense like we did against them last time. The whole team is going to have to step up, especially on the road.”%^$
%^$”It would be a great win for them because we’re trying to win the title. If we were in their position, we would not want them winning the title against us, especially on our home court.”%^$
%^$Jim O’Brien on possible Big Ten title
%^$”Winning a championship of any sorts is significant. When you talk about the Big Ten championship, however many hands might be on that trophy is insignificant. You can always look at the glass being half-full or half-empty. I think it’s going to be half-full if we can do this.%^$
%^$”After going to the final four, winning the Big Ten wasn’t that big of a deal all of the sudden to some people. To us it still is. It signifies a really nice accomplishment, especially with the history of this league.%^$
%^$”I don’t agree with what people are saying about (the Big Ten) being down this season. There are a lot of good teams in this league. I think if you’re able to get eight teams into postseason play, that’s a pretty good year. If Virginia doesn’t make the NCAA tournament, the ACC only gets four teams in the tournament. We just don’t have the marquee teams that the ACC has.”%^$
%^$Brent Darby on Big Ten race
%^$”We wanted to win the title outright. That was our goal at the beginning of the season. We’re obviously disappointed that we let a couple of opportunities to win it outright slip through our fingers and because of that we may not deserve to have it outright. We know now that we still have the opportunity to share the .
