Jan. 27, 2007

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Texas Tech Red Raider Quotes

Head Coach Bob Knight

On overall play: "We just really couldn't get the game into a situation where we were threatening. Our best chance was in the second half, and we didn't get it done."

On Missouri's Play: "Missouri plays well, they stay at it, they play hard and work hard. If I were to watch them without caring who wins, I would be impressed."

On the tempo of the game: "You play at different paces in different games, and you have to be able to adjust." If we could have got the ball in the basket at the beginning of the second half, this would have been a different ball game."

Missouri Tiger Quotes:

Head Coach Mike Anderson

Opening Statement: "We played pretty good defense at times. When you play against a Texas Tech team that is one of the hotter teams in the country, and do the things we did to them in the second half that is a credit to our players and our fans."

On Defense and total team play: "I think the decisions we are making offensively are much better, we are trusting one another, if there is anything to hold our heads up on it is our defense, tonight defensively we were in a lot of places and did a lot of good things."

"Our defense continues to get better. We had a lot of guys play a lot of quality minutes tonight. It was a total team effort"

On the pace of the game: "We had a lot of energy. I thought they extended a lot of energy. When you have a game that going the tempo we had, you have to play offense and defense. We made them play defense."

"Fatigue played a big part in this game."