(Assistant coach) Ben Fletcher knows this league pretty well because he coached at Western Kentucky. He said North Texas might have the most talent in the league. |
A win (at South Alabama) would have been real positive, but I think we played well enough to not lose a lot of conference games. |
Anything that can distract from it is good. The overall impact will last a long, long time. It will take the city itself five to 10 years to rebuild, despite the positive reports that are coming from the media. |
Because Josh was ready, he was a difference maker. It's a sign of his attitude by staying ready because he might not get in. I'm proud of him for that. |
Coming into tonight, we had to win two out of our next four games to earn a bye in the conference tournament. Now we have to win two of the next three. I don't know if we can, but that's our next challenge. |
He got close to a lot of people. He was an amazing person in terms of commitment. Just last fall I was out there (recreation fields) and he was officiating soccer. |
He guards the heck out of Bobby. He's got great defensive feet and is a good 3-point shooter, but he doesn't have as many chances to shoot. |
He's a player with a purpose in life. Bobby has never strayed. He came here with a purpose, to get his degree, to go back to Chicago and work with underprivileged kids, to help them out of situations that he came from. |
He's pressured himself more by being a fifth-year senior with his desire to win. That was the irony and the great part was that it was him that hit the shots. |
I could feel they were on top of their game. The only way we could ever get going was to get on top of our game. When you play a team as good as South Alabama, you can't start off as poorly as we did. |
I didn't tell our kids this, but this wasn't a do or die game for us. We had to win two of our last four to get a bye (in the conference tournament) and now we've got to win two of three. |
I hate to get back on the road. We're tired of traveling. We've had enough hotel management classes. |
I think he's put too much pressure on himself. He's the only one on the team with diamond rings and championships. I think he felt he had to play great and put too much weight on his own shoulders instead of just going out there, having a little fun and playing basketball. |
I think the atmosphere has a chance to be better than Western Kentucky. For the simple fact that we've won our last two at home with exciting finishes at the end and South Alabama's in first place. |
I thought the game was hard-fought and they just came out on top. They did a good job defensively and we helped them out by missing some shots. |