The ebb and flow, the highs and lows . . . I think we're still feeling it because it was the kind of game where you felt you had it, and let it get away. |
The last two games, Charles has been our rock. He was a big key. |
The Thomas kid is doing it for them lately. |
The way it's gone down here, a dogfight to the finish, last shot would have pleased me just fine. We have that much respect for Lehigh. The way the last couple minutes went, I was glad our kids did keep their composure. This is a confident bunch. Not cocky, but confident. |
They have about 14 guys we can talk about. Washington runs the engines so quick. He does a great job getting them into their tempo. They're very impressive. It starts with him. |
They look so big on film. They?re all so long and athletic. |
They're everything they are built up to be. The biggest compliment that I can pay is they play so hard. They're the No. 1 team in the country and they play hard every day. The key to them is Williams and he was just a man (tonight). He does everything and we just didn't have another answer besides Chris McNaughton. |
This is so neat for the school and everything like that. I won't play it down because it's wonderful for people to have that kind of respect for our program. At the same time, we have the kind of kids who can take it in stride to be ranked among that company. |
This is the way it?s going to be every game. I told the guys to embrace it, not fight it, then go out and have fun playing the game. |
This time, we know the task that is in front of us. We came here to play two games. Believe me, we're enjoying it, but we're not getting ahead of ourselves. |
Those kids know what to do and to not play to the crowd. He knows the rules. He needs to be smart enough not to do something like that. |
Three-pointers are part of the game. Obviously we have some guys that can shoot the basketball, that's why it ended up being along the perimeter because they were so strong physically inside. |
To be given a nine seed, the highest ever for a team from the Patriot League, shows that our program earned the respect of the selection committee and college basketball followers across the country. |
To be honest, we don't know a whole lot yet about Arkansas, other than that they played very good basketball down the stretch. |
We could have a 10th spot, if we find the right kid. But that?s still to be determined. |