(Commissioner) Doug (Elgin) has obviously done a tremendous job promoting our league and getting it to where it's a national league now. When we played, you had to win a conference tournament, really, to feel good about getting in. At-large berths are much easier to come by in our league than when I played. |
(Our guards) wouldn't attack them. I kept screaming at Bryan (Mullins) to push it until they stop you. |
All the national media has said, 'Take those Missouri Valley teams and put them in the Big East and we'll see how good they are,' and I think the committee listened to them. Now (we're) going to try to see how good we really are. |
Any time you have a good team, they rally around things. That is what makes college basketball fun - to rally behind a cause within a season. I expect to get the best shot they can give us, just like everyone in the league. |
Austin and Wesley were huge. |
Before he got hurt, he was the best player in our league. |
Defensively, those three guys out front, they're just a menace. They're just like little flies chasing you. |
Every coach has an ego. Fortunately, Matt and I never shared ours with each other. We are kindred spirits and have a lot of respect for each other. I've always been happy for Matt and he's always been happy for me. |
Four teams in first place now -- that's crazy. But that's what makes the league so special, and it's a great league. |
He had so many weapons last year, and now they have to manufacture wins by doing different things. That's the sign of a good coach, when you can manufacture wins when you're not making shots. |
He knows what he did is wrong, and he understands there will be consequences. |
He must have done it when I wasn't in the locker room because they all have to wear the same shoes. I didn't know he snuck that one in. |
He plays hard and wants to make people happy. You see when he gets steals and pushes, those guys will run, because they know he will give them the ball. |
He practiced. So he's fine. |
He was wide open. We can't draw it up any better. |