JD Notae and Jaylin Williams spoke about Arkansas’ secret sauce to knocking off Gonzaga on Thursday night, and it was a combination of defense and disrespect.

Notae first spoke about the defensive prowess.

“I fell like Trey Wade did a good job of pressuring that trail man, like Coach said, taking him out of a lot of stuff that they like to do, and then Au’Diese just on Nembhard picking them up early, slowing them down a little bit. I think they got a little frustrated,” he said.

Wade himself spoke about being the underdog, and how the Razorbacks used it to their advantage.

“They never see you coming, and we just came out and played balls to the wall, and we got it done,” he said.

Coach Eric Musselman spoke extensively about Arkansas being disrespected, and it resonated with the players.

“I think we’re being disrespected the whole year, so it’s just another thing for us,” Williams said. “They gave them an 86% chance to win. We saw that and everything they were saying. We felt like they were dancing before the game. That was disrespect to us. We came into the game playing hard and had a chip on our shoulder. Every game we do, and we played hard for 40 minutes, so that’s just what we do now.”

Musselman’s now well-known comment about not getting on the plane in Arkansas if the players didn’t feel like they could win, and they remembered that.

“This is what we dreamed about,” Notae said. “This is what we came here to do. Coach said before we left Fayetteville, if we didn’t want to win, then don’t get on the plane. I feel like we brought that the whole time we’re here.”