It is one of the truly unique venues in America, |
It is time for everyone to sit down - the NCAA, the NBA, the players union and the coaching fraternity - and come up with suitable solutions to these problems. |
It was flat-out scary, baby. |
It's a real Christmas present. I had the game on Saturday [a 73-46 loss to Kansas], and they really looked like a team that needs a post presence. |
It's not over. I'm confident they can do it. But it's not a closed case. |
It's the greatest achievement I've ever witnessed in all my years of being a coach and a television personality. I really, absolutely have been blown away. |
Let's get Vitale himself, |
Obviously, off the court, he's had some issues. He would be the first to say, 'Why? Why did I do that?' But one, his players graduate; two, they learn how to be men; and three, they learn how to contribute in life. Look at all those Indiana graduates contributing to society. |
Oh, it's a vital part of the game, |
That just goes with the territory whenever you're a superstar and play for a great team. That's a compliment. That means you've made it. |
That's no accident. It means you're getting your players to focus at the most important time of the year. It means you've got your team playing at a higher level because everybody is going to play at another level against you. |
The only way we are going to stop this disease is to raise money. Jimmy would go absolutely bananas to know how much money has been raised. We can't just sit back. This disease affects all of us. |
There's no doubt that they've been a real surprise. This team has amazing camaraderie. They play together; they've done a phenomenal job. |
These guys are teachers, and you can see it watching any of their practices, much less their games. You can watch (the ESPN program) 'Knight School' and see that he still loves to be in a coaching situation. I know he gets a little frustrated with the losses sometimes, but he's still out there doing it. |
They can't continue to falter, but those wins are so strong over Illinois, Ohio State -- even Michigan. Those are strong, strong wins, but obviously they can't continue to lose at the rate they've been losing. |