The Saint Louis Billikens and the Memphis Tigers held pre-game press conferences before their matchup tomorrow at 6:50 eastern time/5:50 central time on Turner Broadcasting System.

SLU Billikens

“It should be a great game tomorrow. Two hard-working teams playing against each other,” -Rob Loe

“We will have to buckle up on defense and not let them get easy catches inside, so they don’t get easy points inside,”  -Rob Loe

“We have to contain Will Barton and Joe Jackson and that is part of our game plan, we basically need to keep them in front of us the entire game”- Mike McCall Jr.

“We need to stop their transition game. Joe Jackson is a lot like Tu Holloway, coach said that changes gears very fast,” -Kwamain Mitchell

“So definitely going to stop their early transition and make sure they use all 35 seconds of the shot clock, and we have to box out. We have the opportunity, we’re going to run against them,” -Brian Conklin

“Athleticism… They’re very athletic. They play really hard. They do a great job of that. And they have tremendous offensive transition, and they play very disruptive defense. They run through passing lanes,” -Rick Majerus

Memphis Tigers

“They’re a solid team. They play as one. They’re not a team that’s going to shoot themselves in the foot. They don’t turn the ball over much,” – Memphis forward Tarik Black

“And on the defense end they play great defense. They played a lot of help side and they can scramble out the shooters, and they’re great at scrambling and communicating while they’re on the floor,” -Memphis foward Tarik Black

“I try to be as patient as I can. Just depends how the game is going…” -Memphis guard Will Barton

“But I won’t be just sitting back and letting someone just control me out there. I’m going to try to be aggressive and play like I always do, about picking my spots and just trying not to force anything crazy or dumb, just being patient, but at the same time being aggressive and being my normal self,” – Memphis guard Will Barton

“We understand we have a very tough opponent, very well-coached opponent in Coach Majerus in Saint Louis,” -Memphis Head Coach Josh Pastner

“One of the myths about Saint Louis is that they don’t want to play real slow, they’ll push the ball. When they have opportunities to push the ball, they’re going to push the ball,” Memphis Head Coach Josh Pastner