We were beaten by a better team today. |
We were in a position, and it turned on us in the last minutes. We didn't execute well in the last minutes. |
We were playing three games in five days. These guys played their heart out, especially in the first half. I don't feel bad. I thought our kids did the best job they could. |
We work on contesting every day for 20 minutes. My guys are mad at me, 'Why we got to do this?' Because it's a three-point shot, you got to contest it. |
We'll see. What I'm going to have to do is determine whether it's in (Inman's) best interest to play because this young man has a future beyond this year. |
We'll see. What I'm going to have to do is determine whether it's in his (Inman's) best interest to play because this young man has a future beyond this year. |
We're a different team today than we were back then. But I think we can go out and play this team extremely hard. |
We're playing at Penn State, which is 15-14. That's a surprise to me, but stranger things have happened to me this year. |
We're the type of team that at times it's a challenge for us to score. What I tell my team is we want two other guys to (score) double figures. We don't know who that may be, we just need two other guys to contribute. |
We've been playing better on the road lately. In the end, I thought we were playing better than that [No. 8 seed]. |
We've got to execute defensively late in games. That's what's killed us. |
Wednesday will tell the tale. Over the weekend, some good things happened in our behalf that got us a step closer today. But we can end all this speculation by going to St. John's and winning. |
What has been forgotten is we did get to the finals of the NIT and I thought that was better than (losing) in the NCAA in the first round the way that team was. |
When the powers-that-be have made decisions, you don't know where and when it all started. I know a year ago when we came in last place in the Big East the bubbling started. This year they had question marks when we lost a few games. This is the best league in America and we could end up 7-9 with a team that was picked to finish 14th and not be in the Big East Tournament. |
When we get to those last moments we have to trust each other out there. I think sometimes we get into situations where we don't trust each other on what can be accomplished. |