CARBONDALE - When your team has lost five in a row by double-digit margins and you begin game six trailing 17-2, well, let Brian Wardle explain how it feels.
"We've tried every motivational tactic you can think of with this group, whether before the game or at halftime," he said. "Pretty draining, to be quite honest. But we need to find that locker room leadership. Self-motivation, our guys have to have more pride. It can't be just the coaches' energy, talk and competitive spirit coming out every single day. As a player, you have to have a self motor.