Feb. 27, 2011
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Head Coach Mark Turgeon
Opening statement...
"I thought Baylor was great again. Baylor really plays well against Texas A&M and they did this year in both games. Their zone was fantastic. It felt like they had six guys out there, and they were everywhere. Our zone attack wasn't very good. It was good early and it wasn't very good the rest of the way. I didn't think we played very smart against the zone. It's hard to put pressure on a team when you can't score. I was surprised we shot 35 percent to be honest with you; it didn't feel like it. We didn't get to the free throw line and when we did we didn't make free throws. (LaceDarius) Dunn made a big shot, which he's been doing his whole career. Our kids fought hard. We really defended and tried hard defensively. We just were so bad offensively, we couldn't overcome it."
On Baylor playing with their backs against the wall...
"Baylor plays well against us all the time, so give them credit. I thought they were really dialed in. Defensively they were just tremendous. It's not the normal zone where they just kind of stand around, they were flying around and did a great job. We finally figured it out for a little bit but our defense got us back in the game. We got a couple of steals which led to layups. (Baylor) did a great job of closing out so you've got to give them a lot of credit, they were good tonight."
On not finishing around the rim...
"To win five in a row, we've been making those kinds of plays and doing the things we need to do. It just didn't seem like we were dialed in tonight the right way. But give (Baylor) a lot of credit when you don't score around the rim and you have a lot of opportunities around the rim. It gets frustrating and when you can't make free throws it gets frustrating. It wasn't a pretty game but a very physical game which went in (Baylor's) favor today."
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Forward Khris Middleton
On Baylor's zone defense...
"(Baylor) just made everything for us a little difficult. We couldn't find the open looks or get the ball into the gaps like we wanted to."
On Baylor giving Texas A&M trouble...
"I don't think it's so much that they give us trouble, it just makes it a little more difficult for us when we don't play as well as we should throughout the games."
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Forward David Loubeau
On not capitalizing on close shots...
"We had some good looks; they just made it tough on us sometimes. For threes and close-up shots, they just made it difficult for us."
On Baylor's interior defense...
"The Baylor bigs have a good presence down low. We wanted to capitalize on the easy baskets so that will be another thing we will need to work on in practice."