Postgame Quotes: Oregon
3/13/2025 3:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Postgame Quotes
Indiana vs. Oregon
Big Ten Tournament – Second Round
March 13, 2025
Indiana Head Coach Mike Woodson
OPENING STATEMENT: You've got to give Oregon and their group a lot of credit because they come all the way across country and they played great tonight. It's a tough loss. I thought we competed in stretches, but we just couldn't finish it. They were the better team tonight, I thought.
Indiana Fifth-Year Senior Guard Trey Galloway & Junior Forward Malik Reneau
Q. On the scoring droughts…
GALLOWAY: I would just say just not executing. There's a lot of times where even today there's just some missed execution opportunities that we have. So I've just got to be able to clean up on that, and that's the biggest thing.
RENEAU: I think when we go on our little scoring droughts, it's definitely just execution where you've got to go out there and execute the play at a high level. We failed to do that in a couple of spots, and they got steals, blocks, et cetera, and they came down court and was able to execute on their side. So we've got to be able to execute and defend on our side too.
Q. On the offensive struggles…
RENEAU: I don't think it was because we were getting open shots. We had plays at the basket. We missed a couple. I don't think it was not having the shot. We've just got to be able to have confidence and know we're going to put the ball on the rim every time we shoot the ball. I think that was the case there.
GALLOWAY: They're a good defensive team, but I think just being able to finish around the rim, we had a lot of open, easy looks that we normally make, and we didn't. Then 50 percent from the free-throw line, we didn't shoot the free throw well, same thing from 3. It's just being able to make shots and shoot them with confidence.
Q. On not being able to get over the hump…
GALLOWAY: We were right in it. Multiple times we kept cutting the lead. But you've got to give them credit, they were able to make big time shots. Like I said, the execution on defense, we just had some miscues that we can't have. Like I said, they made some tough ones. Just got to give them credit.
Q. On the NCAA Tournament case…
RENEAU: I think we should be in the Tournament because we got some big solid wins not only against Michigan State, but we got Purdue at home, then we swept OSU too. I think we had some solid wins. We also had some not bad losses, but we had some good losses where it came down to the wire and we just couldn't get over that hump. I feel like they give us a chance, we'll try and make a run in the tournament and give it our all every time we step on the court.
GALLOWAY: We know that we should be a tournament team. There's a lot of opportunity for that. I think just those crucial losses that we had that were just so tight, one-possession games. The way we've been playing the last month and a half, we've been playing like a tournament team. I just think us just coming together and finding ways to get better. We haven't played our best basketball until now. So I think it's been good.
WOODSON: I think we're playing some of our best basketball. This afternoon wasn't an indication of how we've been playing. We've been very competitive. Even in the games that we've lost -- I can go back to the Maryland game at home, the UCLA game, the Michigan game at home -- they were all competitive, one or two possession games. We beat Purdue, had a shot to beat Purdue at their spot. So we've had a lot of close games that we just weren't able to make the play here or there. But these last two weeks, I think we've been playing some pretty damn good basketball. Again, I've got to give Oregon a lot of credit because, again, they played well today.
Q. On Oregon's ability to go on extended runs…
WOODSON: We've had them off and on in this seven, eight-game stretch, we haven't had -- our defense has been the one that has carried us. But you've got to give them credit. I thought right before the half, that was a big momentum builder for them. Then we regroup, we came out after the half, and we were back in the ballgame. It's just the little things. We missed two front ends of a one-and-one, a two-possession game, those are huge. They come down, and they make us pay for it on both possessions. I tip my hat to our guys because they have been competitive these last two, three weeks and has put us in position to even be talking about a tournament bid.
Q. On keeping the team focused despite the close losses…
WOODSON: Well, they have been focused. We were dead in the water 2 1/2 weeks ago, so they have been focused. When you go 5 out of your last 7 games, and the Big Ten is no joke. We ended up winning 10 out of the 20 games. We expected more this season, but we didn't get it done. Coming down this homestretch, this team hasn't quit. They've been very, very competitive.
Q. On the weight of Selection Sunday…
WOODSON: All I'm concerned about is the players. It's not really about me. It's been a good run since I've been here, and I'm just hoping that it's not over with yet. But I'll spend time with our players until the selection committee makes a decision on what they're going to do. So I'll still be in Bloomington.
Q. On the poor shooting…
WOODSON: No, I thought they had a lot to do with it, although we missed a lot of chippies around the rim with Ballo and Malik. I thought that was a big difference. Them not leaving Goode and Mack and giving you the looks that sometimes we've been accustomed to getting with those two guys, you got to make plays around the rim. Again, a two-possession game, we missed two front ends of a one-and-one, that was huge. Getting back into it, I thought that was the big difference in the game because they made us pay both possessions back down the court offensively where we couldn't get the stop.
Q. On the pressure of this season…
WOODSON: All basketball seasons are dealt with ups and downs. It's just a part of the sport. I've been doing this a long time, and I've seen it go all kinds of ways. I've seen it go in your favor sometimes, like we've had this season, ups and downs. But when I look at how we've been competing the last 2 1/2, 3 weeks, I tip my hat to our guys because they could have thrown in the towel and they didn't. It hasn't been easy for them based on what we've gone through as a team, but I'm still pushing for the committee to see fit to put us in. If they do, we'll prepare and get ready for that.
Q. On Luke Goode…
WOODSON: Goode, he just didn't get very many looks tonight. I wouldn't leave him either. The way they defended tonight and forced us to make plays inside, which I thought we got the ball inside and had opportunities, but we just came up short. I didn't think Ballo and Malik played particularly well. They carried some of the load, but I just thought some of the chippy shots they missed around the rim were huge in a low-scoring game like this.
Q. On campaigning for the team…
WOODSON: I'm going to always campaign for my team. That's how much I love my team. Like I said earlier, we're playing some of our best basketball. I don't think that there's a team in the country that we can't beat if we come ready to play and compete for 40 minutes. We've had a lot of dry spots this season, but here of late we've been playing some pretty good basketball. I don't think today's game is an indication of how we've been playing the last 2 1/2, 3 weeks.
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Indiana vs. Oregon
Big Ten Tournament – Second Round
March 13, 2025
Indiana Head Coach Mike Woodson
OPENING STATEMENT: You've got to give Oregon and their group a lot of credit because they come all the way across country and they played great tonight. It's a tough loss. I thought we competed in stretches, but we just couldn't finish it. They were the better team tonight, I thought.
Indiana Fifth-Year Senior Guard Trey Galloway & Junior Forward Malik Reneau
Q. On the scoring droughts…
GALLOWAY: I would just say just not executing. There's a lot of times where even today there's just some missed execution opportunities that we have. So I've just got to be able to clean up on that, and that's the biggest thing.
RENEAU: I think when we go on our little scoring droughts, it's definitely just execution where you've got to go out there and execute the play at a high level. We failed to do that in a couple of spots, and they got steals, blocks, et cetera, and they came down court and was able to execute on their side. So we've got to be able to execute and defend on our side too.
Q. On the offensive struggles…
RENEAU: I don't think it was because we were getting open shots. We had plays at the basket. We missed a couple. I don't think it was not having the shot. We've just got to be able to have confidence and know we're going to put the ball on the rim every time we shoot the ball. I think that was the case there.
GALLOWAY: They're a good defensive team, but I think just being able to finish around the rim, we had a lot of open, easy looks that we normally make, and we didn't. Then 50 percent from the free-throw line, we didn't shoot the free throw well, same thing from 3. It's just being able to make shots and shoot them with confidence.
Q. On not being able to get over the hump…
GALLOWAY: We were right in it. Multiple times we kept cutting the lead. But you've got to give them credit, they were able to make big time shots. Like I said, the execution on defense, we just had some miscues that we can't have. Like I said, they made some tough ones. Just got to give them credit.
Q. On the NCAA Tournament case…
RENEAU: I think we should be in the Tournament because we got some big solid wins not only against Michigan State, but we got Purdue at home, then we swept OSU too. I think we had some solid wins. We also had some not bad losses, but we had some good losses where it came down to the wire and we just couldn't get over that hump. I feel like they give us a chance, we'll try and make a run in the tournament and give it our all every time we step on the court.
GALLOWAY: We know that we should be a tournament team. There's a lot of opportunity for that. I think just those crucial losses that we had that were just so tight, one-possession games. The way we've been playing the last month and a half, we've been playing like a tournament team. I just think us just coming together and finding ways to get better. We haven't played our best basketball until now. So I think it's been good.
WOODSON: I think we're playing some of our best basketball. This afternoon wasn't an indication of how we've been playing. We've been very competitive. Even in the games that we've lost -- I can go back to the Maryland game at home, the UCLA game, the Michigan game at home -- they were all competitive, one or two possession games. We beat Purdue, had a shot to beat Purdue at their spot. So we've had a lot of close games that we just weren't able to make the play here or there. But these last two weeks, I think we've been playing some pretty damn good basketball. Again, I've got to give Oregon a lot of credit because, again, they played well today.
Q. On Oregon's ability to go on extended runs…
WOODSON: We've had them off and on in this seven, eight-game stretch, we haven't had -- our defense has been the one that has carried us. But you've got to give them credit. I thought right before the half, that was a big momentum builder for them. Then we regroup, we came out after the half, and we were back in the ballgame. It's just the little things. We missed two front ends of a one-and-one, a two-possession game, those are huge. They come down, and they make us pay for it on both possessions. I tip my hat to our guys because they have been competitive these last two, three weeks and has put us in position to even be talking about a tournament bid.
Q. On keeping the team focused despite the close losses…
WOODSON: Well, they have been focused. We were dead in the water 2 1/2 weeks ago, so they have been focused. When you go 5 out of your last 7 games, and the Big Ten is no joke. We ended up winning 10 out of the 20 games. We expected more this season, but we didn't get it done. Coming down this homestretch, this team hasn't quit. They've been very, very competitive.
Q. On the weight of Selection Sunday…
WOODSON: All I'm concerned about is the players. It's not really about me. It's been a good run since I've been here, and I'm just hoping that it's not over with yet. But I'll spend time with our players until the selection committee makes a decision on what they're going to do. So I'll still be in Bloomington.
Q. On the poor shooting…
WOODSON: No, I thought they had a lot to do with it, although we missed a lot of chippies around the rim with Ballo and Malik. I thought that was a big difference. Them not leaving Goode and Mack and giving you the looks that sometimes we've been accustomed to getting with those two guys, you got to make plays around the rim. Again, a two-possession game, we missed two front ends of a one-and-one, that was huge. Getting back into it, I thought that was the big difference in the game because they made us pay both possessions back down the court offensively where we couldn't get the stop.
Q. On the pressure of this season…
WOODSON: All basketball seasons are dealt with ups and downs. It's just a part of the sport. I've been doing this a long time, and I've seen it go all kinds of ways. I've seen it go in your favor sometimes, like we've had this season, ups and downs. But when I look at how we've been competing the last 2 1/2, 3 weeks, I tip my hat to our guys because they could have thrown in the towel and they didn't. It hasn't been easy for them based on what we've gone through as a team, but I'm still pushing for the committee to see fit to put us in. If they do, we'll prepare and get ready for that.
Q. On Luke Goode…
WOODSON: Goode, he just didn't get very many looks tonight. I wouldn't leave him either. The way they defended tonight and forced us to make plays inside, which I thought we got the ball inside and had opportunities, but we just came up short. I didn't think Ballo and Malik played particularly well. They carried some of the load, but I just thought some of the chippy shots they missed around the rim were huge in a low-scoring game like this.
Q. On campaigning for the team…
WOODSON: I'm going to always campaign for my team. That's how much I love my team. Like I said earlier, we're playing some of our best basketball. I don't think that there's a team in the country that we can't beat if we come ready to play and compete for 40 minutes. We've had a lot of dry spots this season, but here of late we've been playing some pretty good basketball. I don't think today's game is an indication of how we've been playing the last 2 1/2, 3 weeks.
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