We really struggled offensively. We didn't have a flow. Notre Dame did a good job. |
We really thought we would be making history (last night). We wanted to be here saying we got Pittsburgh into the NCAA Tournament for the first time. This has been a magical season, and we aren't going to let not being selected to the NCAA Tournament take away from what we have accomplished this season, even though we really believed we would be invited. |
We were a little sluggish at first, but there are no excuses. The home crowd was an awesome environment. I kept telling my team to focus on the task at hand. |
We were the sixth seed and lost to the third seed. DePaul is one of the best 15 teams in the nation, and we aren't, but we are one of the best 64. I believe that will all my heart. If we don't get in, that will set me back years. |
We're behind by seven. Duffy shoots 90 percent at the line. We're not going to score nine points in the last 15 seconds. |
We're clueless when it comes to that. We're 18-9 and we feel like we should go to the NCAA Tournament. |
We're not on Connecticut's level, but I think we're starting to get to the point that maybe we can be competitive with them. |
We've had a magical season. I don't think we're ready for it to end. |
We've had to battle for every single win we've had this year. |
When they did that, their supporting cast was shell-shocked. I told my players to go out and think that the score was 0-0 when it was really 26-9. They closed the gap to 29-20 right before the half. That was a big victory for this young team. We just weren't able to sustain it. |
Why not Pitt? We're in one of the top conferences in the country. The philosophy (for tournament selection) is if you go .500 in your conference, you're in. That's the way it is in the ACC, SEC, all the top conferences. |
You know ... I feel like we didn't get the title, but that doesn't mean by any means that we're a failure or we have negative [feelings]. I think that we probably exceeded everybody's expectations. We got 22 wins. We tied for the most wins ever in the history of the program ... |
You put two more points on there, and we're not going to get nine points in 15 seconds. |