Coach Matt Painter
First of all I thought our guys gave a good effort tonight. Probably I think the silver lining of the game -- we had some shots not go down that we normally make but I thought a lot of that had to do with xavier’s defense -- we just gave them to many and-one plays.

Something we talked about -- we cannot put them at the free throw line. They were able to get to the free throw line and make their free throws.

At times, we simply couldn't stop them.

Keaton Grant
Definitely their experience showed. The expression on their faces didn't change much.

Chris Kramer
Their team has great togetherness. They really just stayed together and their experience just showed. They just kept on doing what they do, kept on trying to make plays.

Keaton Grant
Pretty much every team is going to make a run. ... They made that run to get back in the game. We just had to make a run and counter it.

Chris Kramer
We came out and punched them in the mouth first and then they came and punched back.

You know we did have a great season but any time you are a competitor and you are used to winning you want to try and extend the season as long as possible. ... We thought we were in good position to advance.

Keaton Grant
We had a good season, we had ups and down, we fought through it, it just shows the character of our team, we could have wilted during the season.

Chris Kramer
They're so balanced, they're so hard to defend. ... When you have so many shooters and so many different guys who can make plays it's kind of hard.

Keaton Grant
We're just going to be even better on defense next year.

Matt Painter
I didn't think the and-ones were the reason for the matchups. I didn't think our guys did a good job getting their bodies there. ... Just did too much reaching.

You can't play this game reaching all the time. You have to play with your feet. You have to play good team defense.

Hopefully our bodies are like that [Xavier]. We got knocked around a little bit coming around screens. ... But we outrebounded them by three. ... They are a very good team, they have a lot of balance. ... The one thing we'd like to take from Xavier is just to have a more physical approach.