Student-Athlete Quotes - Minnesota
Syracuse Men’s Basketball
Syracuse vs. Minnesota
November 25, 2013
Student-Athlete Quotes
C.J. Fair, Senior, Forward
Can you take us through that play where you got the blood on your cheek?
"I forgot who passed me the ball, but I cut down a lane and I went up for the dunk, and I felt like I hit my face. Then as I came down I seen blood on my hand, and then from there I knew it was something bad."
It seemed like the dunks, C.J. yours, and then (Rakeem) Christmas about three minutes later with about a minute to go in the first half, I think it was Christmas. Talk about those two dunks and then about four minutes into the second half the next big dunk. How much energy did that give you guys?
"I mean he is efficiently getting dunks and threes; they're big momentum shifts. And Trevor (Cooney) started off hitting consecutive threes, and then me and Rakeem got a couple dunks to get the crowd into it, and I think we set off the crowd from there.
Can both of you just talk about Minnesota in general? I mean, coming into this game a lot of people considered them huge underdogs.
"Yeah, yeah, they were definitely -- people say they're the underdogs towards us, but we knew coming into this game was going to be a tough game because of the style of defense and the pressure. But I mean it was a good test going forward. We can still keep getting better."
Trevor Cooney, Redshirt Sophomore, Guard
It seemed like the dunks, C.J. yours, and then (Rakeem) Christmas about three minutes later with about a minute to go in the first half, I think it was Christmas. Talk about those two dunks and then about four minutes into the second half the next big dunk. How much energy did that give you guys?
"Yeah, when you get dunks like that, it just pumps you up on defense and gets you motivation to get that next stop and keep going."
Can both of you just talk about Minnesota in general? I mean, coming into this game a lot of people considered them huge underdogs.
"Yeah, anyone that's going to push up on you for 40 minutes is going to be a tough game. I thought that was a good challenge for us today, and we responded well and beat the pressure, and we were able to get some easy baskets that way."
Syracuse vs. Minnesota
November 25, 2013
Student-Athlete Quotes
C.J. Fair, Senior, Forward
Can you take us through that play where you got the blood on your cheek?
"I forgot who passed me the ball, but I cut down a lane and I went up for the dunk, and I felt like I hit my face. Then as I came down I seen blood on my hand, and then from there I knew it was something bad."
It seemed like the dunks, C.J. yours, and then (Rakeem) Christmas about three minutes later with about a minute to go in the first half, I think it was Christmas. Talk about those two dunks and then about four minutes into the second half the next big dunk. How much energy did that give you guys?
"I mean he is efficiently getting dunks and threes; they're big momentum shifts. And Trevor (Cooney) started off hitting consecutive threes, and then me and Rakeem got a couple dunks to get the crowd into it, and I think we set off the crowd from there.
Can both of you just talk about Minnesota in general? I mean, coming into this game a lot of people considered them huge underdogs.
"Yeah, yeah, they were definitely -- people say they're the underdogs towards us, but we knew coming into this game was going to be a tough game because of the style of defense and the pressure. But I mean it was a good test going forward. We can still keep getting better."
Trevor Cooney, Redshirt Sophomore, Guard
It seemed like the dunks, C.J. yours, and then (Rakeem) Christmas about three minutes later with about a minute to go in the first half, I think it was Christmas. Talk about those two dunks and then about four minutes into the second half the next big dunk. How much energy did that give you guys?
"Yeah, when you get dunks like that, it just pumps you up on defense and gets you motivation to get that next stop and keep going."
Can both of you just talk about Minnesota in general? I mean, coming into this game a lot of people considered them huge underdogs.
"Yeah, anyone that's going to push up on you for 40 minutes is going to be a tough game. I thought that was a good challenge for us today, and we responded well and beat the pressure, and we were able to get some easy baskets that way."
