Everything that forwards Julian Reese, and Derik Queen said after Maryland men’s basketball’s season-ending loss vs. Florida in the Sweet 16:
Reese on his time at Maryland
“I'm just kind of grateful I was able to be a part of a program like this. This is a blessing to be a part through the ups and downs. And I feel like I kind of came out, even though we lost, I came out with my chin up and we fought hard and we just weren't able to get it done.”
Queen on his stay-or-go plans
“I'm not sure yet. I have to talk to my mom, my agency, Coach Willard, all the coaches, see what I'm doing. Then, throughout the season, it was growth for me. I just kept getting better. I didn't let the game before us before I played affect me, just kept on getting better.”
On what Florida does well in the paint, on the boards
Reese: “They come from kind of a physical conference, the SEC. They're really deep. They have a lot of, like, 6'10" and taller guys coming off the bench whereas, we've got a little bit shorter guys. They just kind of outhustled us and rebounded better.
Queen: “They've got two 6'10" guys or taller on the floor at the same time -- physical guys, big bodies. And they just went in there, flying in and trying to get the rebound.”
Queen on his evolution into a point-forward
“Just me consistently working on my game all day, every day. And then my coaches and my teammates just having that faith in me to help me expand my game and to trust me to do the stuff I can do with the ball.”
Reese on his free throw improvement
“Just locking in, watching film, just working at it, consistent reps.”
Queen on Florida’s second half run
“I mean, it was just -- we had a lot of defensive lapse, but they were capitalizing off of it. They were making their 3s, their shots. If they didn't make it, they got the offensive rebound and repeated. Just kicked it out for 3s, layups. They just scored.”
Reese on the memories from this team:
“We only get this opportunity once to be together as a team, build relationships. I mean, unless you go to like a prep high school. But even then you still build relationships, but from like since they're all seniors, I don't think they've got an extra year -- it's going to be hard to make relationships like this. But we're just going to remember each other and remember all the memories we did and just keep on being a brotherhood.”
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