On Wisconsin getting wide-open three-point looks

“Their bigs got away. That was the difference. I though Malik [Reneau] and [Oumar] Ballo did an awful job in terms of guarding the bigs. We were terrible in transition early, they got a few there. You figure if you can take some of those away, you’ve got a game. You make nine at halftime and that was well over of what we wanted to do coming into the game in guarding the three-point line. I thought we were better in the second half in that regard. The first half put us out of the game, basically. Because it was tough getting back after they got up 20.”

On Indiana’s energy level

“I don’t know. It’s hard for me to explain it, but we’re running out of games. I’ve got to figure these next eight games out because it’s going to be very pivotal for our basketball team in terms of making tournament play.”

On his message to his team moving forward

“Again, it’s not rocket science. Right now, our backs are against the wall. We’re not playing great basketball. We’re playing in spurts. I thought the last three games prior to tonight, we played pretty good ball. And we came up short. If we had just maybe won one or two of those, you’re feeling good about yourself. I’ve got to figure a game where we can get these guys feeling good about themselves and see where it goes from there.”

On Indiana’s extended losing streak

“Sure, [the weight of the losses is weighing on the team]. None of these guys like to lose. I don’t like to lose. I don’t like the way we’re playing. I did prior to coming into tonight’s game, I thought at Purdue we played great. Maryland game we played great. We played a great half at Northwestern. But we were awful tonight.”