I thought Doug Taylor really stepped up in that game. It was a balanced effort. |
I thought he really played well when he came in. I was very pleased with his effort. |
I thought the crowd was great. We were down early and things weren't going our way. The crowd's enthusiasm got us back in the game. |
I'm just thrilled and honored and very excited to be part of this. It's probably a tribute more to our team success than anything else -- and they were some of the greatest memories of my life. |
It is going to be a bear. Every team going over there has a feeling that they can win it. The teams that guard and execute and pay attention to detail are going to be the teams that win. |
It was a very tough game. I feel very fortunate to come out on top. I was really proud of the guys. |
It's a new season. Our focus is just on trying to win the next game. |
Just to have the opportunity to compete for a conference championships with four games to go in the season would be something that any college basketball player would relish. Our guys have done a tremendous job of putting us in this position. |
Maybe it is not scoring or rebounding. The guys are doing a good job defensively of creating good opportunities for their teammates. They are a good team to coach. |
Mike's a better perimeter shooter than Tim. Tim might be the best leader I've ever coached. But they both play the same position and have great knowledge of the game. Mike's kind of old-school. He's a basketball player. He has long arms, a good jump hook, good fakes inside and a knack around the basket. |
Our guys played their hearts out. We battled and battled and deserved to win. But Virginia Union made one more play than us. |
Our guys played well enough to win. The effort was there. They played their hearts out. Tip your hat to Virginia Union. They made some big plays down the stretch. |
Our guys showed a lot of character and heart. It wasn't going to real good there at the beginning. But we made some plays at the end of the half to give us some momentum, a little feel-good going into the locker room. |
That 3-point shot at the end of the half really meant a lot to us. We came back out to start the (second) half and got another three, and the guys got more aggressive. |
That was huge, but they make big plays. It seemed like each time we made some kind of a run at them, they stepped up. |