Mason is off to its second-best start in school history and that says a lot. That's how good they are and that's how good they can be. We have to play better than we did the last time to have a chance [Saturday]. |
My yearning would be that we would have been just fully sound, because we had played such good basketball lately. I just felt bad for my kids that we just didn't quite have all the pieces. |
Our commissioner has been walking around with a smile. How many other conferences have two teams still playing? |
Our league kind of sat in the shadow and hungered and thirsted for more notoriety. It's just kind of a coming of age, and our fans and followers can say, 'I told you so.' We're pretty good, and we're better than that. |
Some of our older, better players didn't have banner games. Maybe I could have done a better job. We'll take this one on the chin and kind of get past it in one respect and learn from it in other respects. |
That all goes back to his family roots. What his family went through to get to the United States, what they went through to get the opportunities they have now, it really makes you understand why he doesn't let obstacles get him down. |
The game can always be analyzed a lot of different ways if you want to go to stat sheets and particular plays. But I thought both teams played really hard and caused the other to look bad at times. Both teams caused each other's low percentage. What you got, you earned. |
The good news is he was very lucky and he will be fine. |
There's no dunking [with Jose], no jumping buildings in a single bound. He's just a good 'ole basketball player … and you have to deal with him all night long. |
This is one of the best league races around. Our league race is a dandy, as good as any league in the country. |
We could have had a trail of tears and a list of excuses. Instead, we persevered. |
We don't get this opportunity very often. We want to breathe deep and enjoy New York. |
We knew what was coming. |
We lost a speed-merchant guard and a versatile big guy, so we went out to get a speed-merchant guard and a versatile big guy. We were able to fill the two spots we needed. |
We lost the game in the paint. |