?We only have two players out of the seven who weren?t here last year. Even if they weren?t starters, they were in practice situations last year, or the last two years. That is the single biggest problem that we have.?

?With the turnover situation, at Oregon State, that was a miserable night for us in terms of taking care of the ball, but yet we out rebounded them by enough that in terms in number of possessions it was almost identical. We out rebounded them, for us to shoot 53 percent and lose is ridiculous, so there is only one thing that you can point at. In that game it was defense plus not taking care of the ball.?

?I was very unhappy with our performance on Saturday night. I thought there were some guys taking off on their own. And when you take off on your own, you are going to end up with the results that we have.?

?I thought we had some very selfish play, and that is something that we haven?t seen very often. Its all about the team. If the team does well, everyone gets the recognition.?

On former players sacrificing numbers for the success of the team:
?Jason (Terry) sacrificed throughout his four years here, and ended up being the seventh pick in the draft. Richard (Jefferson) was probably the lowest scorer out of the starters on that (2000-01) team, but he was selected because of the fact that he played team basketball and defended like crazy. Richard was a lottery pick because of his defense and his attitude.?

This week?s challenge of playing an up-tempo and a slow-tempo team consecutively: ?We dealt with that on our trip in Washington, so our guys know that. You know what to expect. You know Washington is a high-scoring team and is going to get out and go, and that Washington State on Saturday is a team that is going to be selective. It would be worse if you had games back-to-back and a team deviated from how they normally play, and it hits you in an unexpected way. We know what to expect.?

On Arizona?s mental toughness: ?We need to figure out a way to motivate guys to defend. It not like we have slow-footed guys, or players who shouldn?t be good defenders. We just have guys that won?t communicate, or don?t communicate enough, and mentally don?t concentrate on the stuff that is given to them and the scout team stuff that we do in practice. I don?t think we are mentally very tough.?

?We had great leadership last year. The leadership is so vital. If we had that kind of strength in leadership Saturday night the outcome would have been totally different. But we didn?t have anyone to step up at that point. But that is Saturday, and we need to focus on Thursday.?