In all my years of coaching, I've never had a team with just one free throw. For us to be successful, we have to get to the free throw line.

I made up my mind I was going to play some guys. Those guys I put in have been playing their tails off in practice. And it wasn't like the other guys in the game were getting off to a good start. The kids knew I was going to do it.

Their opinion of this game doesn't really matter. How we played speaks for itself.

They will hit their stride, because the program is used to winning and they will figure it out.

It was great (defense). An NBA (caliber) player drives off a 6-foot-9 guy and does a step-back, going to his right, which is hard for a right-handed player, you have to be really strong to do that. It was great defense.

They demonstrated why they are two of the elite guards in the country.

The turnovers have been killing us before and they continue to knife us. The guys are uncomfortable on offense, plain, pure and simple.

The turnovers were a combination of Washington's defense and us. You've got to know where the traps, the danger zones are, and we didn't stay out of the traps.

It was a good effort and we moved the ball better than we have in a while, and so it's fun to get back on that side of it again. It was good to see guys make plays at the end of the game, and keep poised.

I've got to give a lot of credit to (Oregon coach) Ernie Kent on that. He was really receptive to that, and the officials were also. ... I genuinely applaud that and appreciate it for Lamar.