Quick Hits: Jose Perez's Future, Sense of Urgency, Big 12

If Texas Tech is any different this time around

"They've won some games. They're playing with a lot more confidence now. He's a good coach. They're doing some different things than what they were. They're really driving the ball."

Texas Tech's defense

"They overload a side. They're going to really stack the ball side to try to stop penetration...try to make you shoot the ball over top of them. Which is good as long as you can cover it and the reversals, that's a very sound way to play."

Any thought to playing Texas Tech possibly a third time in Big 12 tournament

"Our focus is to try to win the rest of our games here and move up in the league standings and move up where we're seeded in the NCAA Tournament. That's our focus. We haven't really talked at all about the conference tournament. We need to win games and I think our guys realize that."

Practice this week

"Really good yesterday. Yesterday might have been as good of practice as we've had in a long time. Everyday is a new day. Yesterday they were very good."

If the Big 12 is better than the old Big East

"There's no bottom in this league. That's the difference. The Big East had great teams and it was a great league. But there was a bottom. There's no bottom here. You look at what everybody's done in this league and it's incredible."

Impact of Fardaws Aimaq for Texas Tech

"It gives them another quality big. He's a very skilled big. He's really big and he's really skilled."

If he's had any conversations with Jose Perez about his future

"He likes it here. But how many people have you known that didn't like it here? People are good to you here. You've got a great place to play. You're going to play in the best league in the country. You're on TV all the time. What's not to like? I don't think there's any doubt [he'll be back next year]."

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