That's a joke. With our size and athleticism, I'm very disappointed by that. |
The fact that the administrators and the community here welcomed me back with open arms says a lot about what they think of their own. They handed me the keys to drive the car and with that I've taken a lot of pride and responsibility in trying to restore Bradley basketball to a level everyone can be proud of. |
The last three to four weeks of the season, he has put us on his back, and our team rallies around him. |
The locker room was pretty subdued and business as usual. We want to be proud, but there's still work to be done. |
The perception is I want him to come back and am steering him that way. That's not the case. What's happening with Patrick is great for our program. I want to make sure that whatever his decision, that it's good for Patrick, the person. |
The thing is, there are probably a couple of more teams that probably deserve to be here, too. We've proven we belong. |
There's a lot of people smiling tonight. |
There's going to be a lot of close games. It will come down to which team can make the big plays. |
These are rare opportunities that you don't get second chances at. That's the one point I keep emphasizing over and over. And I think we've managed to keep it all within our 24-hour rule -- you can only celebrate a win for 24 hours or pout about a loss for 24 hours. |
These guys worked themselves into this position and nobody gave them anything, much less a chance. It's great to see Bradley put back on this stage. It's something that has taken a lot of work, but it was certainly worth every ounce of sweat by a lot of people. |
They made the last big play. |
They trap in a lot of areas. We thought with good spacing and spreading them out, we'd make ourselves tough to cover. |
They're just awfully talented. They're getting great production from their bench and do a number of things well. Our defense is going to be tested. |
They're just awfully talented. They're getting great production from their bench. You don't become a No. 1 seed or win 32 games being one-dimensional. |
This is a competitive group. What really matters is how we feel about ourselves inside. We think we're an awfully good basketball team that can compete on any given night against any given team. |