I was trying to be more of a presence on defense. I wanted to be more active.

We smothered them in the first half with a trapping zone defense. That was kinda the story of the game.

I realize I can get points off the glass. When teams are taking me away on the offensive end, I can get them off the glass, so I've been concentrating on that in practice.

To be in first place is really hard to comprehend, but it feels great. Last year we were getting beat bad and now this.

We have to stay hungry. Our goal wasn't just to be ranked. Our goal is to win a Big Ten championship. We feel we're as good as anyone in the country.

We feel we can be ranked higher than what we are. Our goal wasn't to be ranked at the beginning of the year, it was to win the Big Ten championship. We think we can be up there with the best of them. We feel we have just as much talent as anybody in the country.