“I actually feel more comfortable this year than last year. We've played Pac-10-caliber teams this year, and I don't think we did that last year.”
Aaron Brooks
“In the Pac-10, we're not used to seeing option teams. The last option team we saw was Utah.”
Tim Mixon
“That is something that every Pac-10 team should start with, whether you are the last-place team or the first-place team. That's why you are in the conference — to get to that pinnacle. We'd like to be one of those teams, so this is an important game. And by its place on the schedule, if you can win it, then you are sitting there alone for a little while.”
Tyrone Willingham
“It's a year-by-year thing with me, that's all I can tell you. ... The Pac-10 contract exists through 2011, but I'm pretty sure by 2011, I will have become the shop steward of the International Porch Sitters Union and I won't worry about it.”
Keith Jackson
“It'd be nice to get a Pac-10 ring, especially this year being my last year.”
Jeff Hunter
“We'll see if they are down a little bit once the Pac-10 season starts. They haven't played away from Seattle, only in the Wooden Classic (in Anaheim).”
Lute Olson
“I think we are capable of defending (the Pac-10) championship. There are some very good teams that we are going to have to beat if we are going to do that. But I don't think there is anyone that has a better chance of winning it than we do.”
