ARIZONA HEAD COACH LUTE OLSON QUOTES

"We have to give Washington State credit. They played very well, and they did a great job of scrambling and hustling for loose balls and rebounds They just out-hustled us overall."

"Washington State's whole front line played extremely well. It was obvious that our youth killed us tonight."

"I am disappointed in terms of our ability of getting the ball inside and kicking it outside for the three. We did not play intelligently on the offensive side. We stress that the guys need to get the ball inside, and we did not get that done tonight. It showed a lack of discipline."

"Loren (Woods) had a great game with 10 blocks, but Washington State did a good job of getting the ball back for second-chance shots."

"Justin Wessel had a great game for us off of the bench. He did an excellent job defensively, and he was our best guy from the perimeter. We moved him into the three spot because he has been around long enough, and we know he can get the job done. He now becomes our inside-outside guy."

"The guys know that if there is one game that they are not ready to play, they are definitely going to take a hit. We still have 15 conference games left on the schedule."

WSU Head Coach Paul Graham quotes

"I could see the effort of our kids tonight. Our kids played really hard tonight and if they continue that they're going to win some games this year. Anytime Arizona trapped us tonight on the wing, we tried to get someone on the high post and reverse the ball. That's what we tried to do against their trap tonight."

"Eddie (Miller), Milton (Riley) and Mike (Bush) will be going against big guys all season, every night this year. I think we did good on the boards tonight because we had all of our guys going to the glass tonight. Basically, all of our players have to rebound this year in order for us to win."

"I guess we also have to work on our fouling because we had a lot of calls against us tonight. But, regardless, they did what the No. 2 team in the nation does, which is make free throws down the stretch. But I think our team can definitely use this game as a stepping stone. We came into a hostile environment and played hard. Like I said, we are going to have to play like that night in and night out."

"We got some good looks tonight and I told our guys before the game that if the shot clock ran out on us tonight on the offensive end that was allright. I just didn't want us to give it away. I just can't say enough about our effort. That's what I want to see every night."