CHICAGO — Tom Crean, Cody Zeller, Victor Oladipo and Christian Watford met with the media following Indiana’s 80-64 win over Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals at the United Center.
Watch the complete press conference below and read a complete transcript after the jump:
THE MODERATOR: We’ll go ahead and get started with an opening statement from coach.
TOM CREAN: We’re excited about the win. We thought we defended at a very high level to hold a really good shooting team and a high scoring team when they get their offense rolling the way they’re capable of, to hold them down in this game.
Our whole focus was getting ready to play our best basketball today and hopefully we play even better basketball tomorrow. Never to look ahead and to stay totally locked into the game at hand.
And I’m excited about the way our guys played. They should be too. And because they started off in a great way, they continued to play at a high level, and we closed the game the last s...
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PLAYERS:
Cody Zeller,
Victor Oladipo,
Christian Watford,
Will Sheehey,
Jordan Hulls,
Jeremy Hollowell,
Remy Abell,
D.J. Richardson
TEAMS: Indiana Hoosiers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Illinois Fighting Illini
TEAMS: Indiana Hoosiers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Illinois Fighting Illini
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