(The MRI) is telling us now it's time to shut him down and get the surgery done. |
[Louisville, another popular office-pool pick, led by a measly point, 33-32, at the half. The Cardinals did win, 68-62, but not before trailing by a point in the final minutes. One might think there's a big difference between Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisville, basketball royalty the last 25 years. But there's not much of one.] I told them during halftime, ... that if they think they're going to pull away from Lafayette they're mistaken. I told them it was going to come down to the final two minutes. |
[Palacios] was going to be on the court. He could throw up during timeouts. |
[They] are going to be great pros. But if they leave this year, they will sit on the bench and never play and never get a great second contract. They stay one more year and they'll play right away and have a great second contract. That's what it's all about in the pros -- getting a great second contract. And if you sit on the bench like Kwame Brown did, you're not going to get it. One more year and these guys will be ready for the next level. |
A man not perfect, but of heart so high, of such heroic rage, That even his hopes became a part of earth's eternal heritage. |
After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important. |
Andre is a 51 percent shooter and we were trying to miss that. I think I should have just told him to miss it. |
Andre really has improved. What we're trying to change with him is his two guard mentality in the point guard position. When he penetrates, it's to score, and that's what he had to do in high school. He has point guard skills, but not a point guard mentality. So we've got to develop that and it's going to take some time. It's tough to learn. |
Any win in the Big East is a big win. I will say this to you, 'Don't get carried away with beating Louisville.' Any win in the Big East is great, but I wouldn't use it as a barometer. We were never a Top 20 team. I never understood it. In this game, experience wins. |
As you can see by the way we're playing, we're not looking forward to next year. Our time is now, and we're going to keep playing that way. |
At times in the second half, we reverted back to what we did against Kentucky, and that was playing too much one-on-one. We're not a great one-on-one basketball team. We've got to do it with passing, screening and rebounding. |
Basketball-wise, this is as good as it gets. The competition will be on the court and in recruiting and that's huge. |
Billy coached as perfect a game as I've ever seen in a national championship game. It reminded me of 1987 when he carried an average Providence team to the final weekend. |
Bob Huggins, a lot of times, is misunderstood. He's someone who cares a great deal about his players. He wants to see them do well and he really goes the extra yard for players. |
Cincinnati is going to be great, because they have four seniors. I think people are maybe underrating Cincinnati because they lost a legendary coach. But Andy Kennedy is a terrific coach and they have four seniors and it would not surprise me to see them win this conference. |