A lot of guys on this team are from New York. We love to play basketball. There's nothing else we'd rather do but play basketball. So, we're having fun with four games in four days. |
Everybody's ready. We had some hard practices. |
Everyone knows Syracuse is going to play the 2-3 zone. No one really sees their man-to-man. When we see a team that doesn't play a lot of man-to-man playing man-to-man, our eyes light up. |
Everything felt right. I'm going to walk out of here thinking we should have won this game. |
Everything just felt right coming into the second half. We had the momentum. |
He's a great competitor. He hates to lose, just like me. |
I basically just stayed focused and knew that my teammates were looking for me. I just wanted to stay patient and get to the line. |
I believe in my teammates. |
I believed in my teammates from the jump. Coach asked me before the season if I believed this could be one of the best Pitt teams ever, and I told him 'yes.' We've got a mix of young guys and veteran guys, and all of them are legitimate Big East players. |
I can definitely appreciate him. I'm happy for him. He made a tough shot and led his team the way he's supposed to. |
I can't believe it's my last game. Once they call my name and I walk out with my family members, it's going to be real emotional. I'm not going to cry, but I'm going to be happy to have made it this far. |
I definitely thought we were going to win this game. |
I don't think anybody else experienced the type of competition we had in the Big East tournament and in the Big East period. I think we'll be better prepared for the tournament than anybody else out there. |
I don't think we have anything to be too worried about. |
I expected this. This is what I came back for. I told these guys that we wanted to be unbeaten now, and then go one game at a time in the Big East. |