"(Ziegler) is so good. Their offense is so hard to guard. Coach (Rick Barnes), I think this he is 68 and this is his 36th year. He has won 774 games, went to 17 NCAA Tournaments. He was at Texas 17 years, so he has been to 25 NCAA Tournaments. He has been in over 50 NCAA Tournament games.
He has stayed on the cutting edge no matter what category. You spend so much time offensively trying to figure out how you are gonna score on the best defense in the country, and then you start watching the complexity of what they do on offense and we are like, 'We probably need to figure out how to guard that.' So you feel stretched on, 'Are our guys prepared?'
I do think, and I told Coach this before the game, they are playing without (Josiah-Jordan James) and (Julian Phillips). That changes their team. (James) has been in their program for four years. (Phillips) is an early-entry pro that will be drafted before his college eligibility is up. I think that changes the complexion of their team, and still it takes all that you have to have a chance to beat them.