Central Michigan coach Ernie Ziegler was not brought to the post-game press conference, but we’ve just given his comments.
A couple of exercepts:
Is Kentucky the best team you’ve played this year?
I couldn’t argue with that. I think that their athleticism and length is what we really struggled with. They do a good job of pressuring you and putting you where you have to finish over their length. They are not ranked, but they are definitely one of the better teams that we have faced. Marquette may be a notch above them, but Kentucky will be an NCAA Tournament team.
Did you know you were going to have to play a near perfect game to win tonight?
You know that the margin of error is so slim for us and for any team coming into Kentucky and playing in this atmosphere. For us, in light of the other adversity we have in our roster and lack of depth up front, we have to be able to continue to sustain the focus that we started the game with. Once that focus started to wane and we started to get fatigued they were able to impose their will.
