It was very important for us to bounce back after Thursday's loss in very sound fashion. I think we did that. |
It's been an absolutely fantastic magic carpet ride. In the movie 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' Butch and Sundance were being chased by these detectives. They keep trying to lose them. They can't. They keep asking themselves, 'Who are those guys?' That basically represents the George Mason basketball team. |
It's been really great for these players ... to see not only the university community embrace them but the whole country. I think we all feel like it would be great to be the underdog and to be the overachiever. I think we can all identify with that attitude and personality. This team has embraced that. |
It's not something that is given to you. It's something you earn. Something we strongly emphasize to our players is that for us, we need to earn respect. Nobody is going to give it to us. |
It's unbelievable how the exposure has created interest in who the man was. |
It's why the high majors have so much success in the recruiting area. You become familiar. |
Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. Well we're the kryptonite, and we're gonna win. |
More than anything, I'm very proud of these guys, but I'm surprised we didn't play a great game. We were in the perfect mental frame of mind to do it. |
My last message to the team before we left the locker room is that I wanted to be playing baseball Tuesday back at the Patriot Center. That's what we've done the last two weeks to end practice. |
No. These guys are having so much fun. They will be a bit like fans in the sense that they'll be wide-eyed, but I think that will be on Thursday and Friday. When Saturday comes and they know they get a chance to play basketball again, they'll look forward to playing the game. |
Nobody plays as well as they can play when they're all stressed out. |
Not many teams shoot 48 percent (on threes) against us. |
Not many teams shoot 48 percent [from the 3-point line] against us. |
Not many teams shoot 48 percent against us. A lot of the credit I think has to go to Lee Humphrey. |
Not until I looked up at the clock and there were under two minutes left. It was at 14 or 15 did I realize, 'Gee, we're not going to have a shot at this.' All through the second half, I thought at some point we'd start going into a nice offensive rhythm of inside-outside, taking the ball to the basket. |