I don't know if it's a measuring stick. But I do know one thing: we're fired up to play a Big East school. It's the best league in the country. |
I don't think we played particularly well in the first half. We didn't play together. We didn't play the way that led us to a league championship and the Sweet 16. Our shot selection hurt us in the first half. |
I felt like if we could keep pressure on them and make them shoot jump shots. |
I get so sick of losing to these guys. |
I have been saying three or four teams the whole time. The last couple of days, we've gotten so much publicity that it's almost been negative. |
I just kept telling the guys, 'I don't know whose team that is out there, but it's not us on offense,'... Four of them holding their their hands up and one guy going one-on-one -- it was a little frustrating. |
I just want to get this out of the way: I'm staying. |
I kept saying we weren't any good when practice started, and now we're part of the Sweet 16. We just keep getting a little bit better. |
I knew we had good players. But for this group to do what it has been doing has been a pleasant surprise. |
I really don't know what to say. I'm thrilled with the win. We're 2-0 in the league, but every night is going to be a battle. |
I remember back to the year he got hurt. He spent more time tripping over his feet than anything else. So he's improved a lot, and he's consistently improved every year. |
I think a lot of things have to go right for us to win. They're that good. |
I think I probably built him up too high. He's struggled shooting the ball the second half of the season. |
I think if everyone in this room had a gun to his head, you'd say 'Shockers are in the tournament. We're going to prepare like we're in the tournament and I think we've earned it. |
I think it takes a significant amount of doing well in the NCAA Tournament before it changes your recruiting. But hopefully we'll get lucky over the next six months and get some good players. |