Lute Olson Quotes


You watch games on TV but not based on who we would match up with. I watched them (the Badgers) because I was curious to see how Brian Butch had developed. We felt he was going to be a good player once he put some weight on and got stronger. - Lute Olson



You know when he comes back that he's going to be a little reluctant to be aggressive offensively. We talked with him from the standpoint that now, we need to have him be aggressive. Right now, with the way we're shooting the ball from outside, it has to be he and Marcus. - Lute Olson



You don't have to look at the stats very far to see what killed us. It was the free throw line. ... When you get a game with two teams as evenly matched as this, you better make your free throws if you get a chance to shoot them. - Lute Olson



You can't say that if we don't get it, the season is over. That's not the case. We still have five of our last seven games at home. - Lute Olson