Tim Miles:
- Amir Coffey single-handedly kept Minnesota around. He did a great job defensively on James Palmer, as well.
- Was the right thing to do to have the warmup shirts in honor of Dupree McBrayer. I thought that shot he hit late was quite a moment. I couldn't help but think for a moment what that was about.
- Managing foul trouble was difficult. We didn't do a great job on the glass. We kept sending them to the foul line over and over. It was a cumulative effect.
- Thought the technical foul on Palmer was weak. Said he threw the ball at the opponent, and if that's throwing the ball, what the hell.
- The Barn's noise cascades. It's pretty cool, but when you're on the receiving end, not so cool. It's a different noise, like an all-encompassing noise. It affects you, no doubt about it.
- To find a way to get defensive rebounds was great. The energy in the building was awesome. We stopped going one-on-one because there ability to slip down is good.
- Dupree plays 34 minutes, guts it out, defends, hits a big three to put us up four. I'm happy for Dupree if he got a couple minutes away from thinking about it. I couldn't do what he did.
- I told Amir I'm sick and tired of going into every game where they're talking about Murphy and then the potential pros on the other team. That's on you. I think people will start talking about him now.
- Coffey was defending Palmer, and he went 3/14.
- He finds out his mother passes Monday. I tell him to stay home and don't go to practice. We FaceTime and he's with his girlfriend. I tell him not to worry about basketball. He said he wanted to be at practice. It's heartbreaking to see. She was a great lady, one of my favorite moms. She raised a really, really good kid. She told me over the summer "I'm retiring." I said "why," and she said "I want to see Dupree play his senior year."
- I thought they played as hard as they possibly could for Dupree.
- Everyone got a little emotional at the end of the game. It was a great feeling knowing we could get that for Pree. I'm proud of him.
- They were running a lot of smash actions and pick and rolls. We had to keep our mid-line help good.
- Taking the charge was big. That could have been my fourth foul, so I'm glad it went our way.
- Postgame locker room was pretty emotional. Can't really put words on it.
