Better days are ahead for Stony Brook basketball. We have the 40th-ranked recruiting class. |
First of all, it's great to be back here in D.C. and all the good people here at George Washington. As you could tell it was a difficult game. |
His focus wasn't on what is important. Forget about the NBA, he needs to get his degree. |
I know it's probably a tough game for them (to get up for). They've got some tough ACC games coming up and they have a team that's struggled all year coming into their gym. |
I loved playing there. I bleed the blue. From a coaching standpoint having to play the No. 2 ranked team on the road is a daunting task. ... I'm excited about the opportunity. I tell these guys all the time these are great opportunities for Stony Brook. |
I think about that all the time. To make the tournament, you don't need a great season, you need a great weekend. We're going to go to the conference tournament, forget about the season, and we'll try make something happy out of a season that hasn't been that happy. |
I'm trying to make our program like Connecticut's. I want to be athletic, I want to be tough, I want to be an exciting team. We're not there yet, but we'll take a big step next year into becoming that kind of a team in our conference. |
If we're 9-for-10 from the line instead of 4-for-10, the game doesn't come down to a final jump shot. We spend hours shooting free throws in practice but we can't make them in games. |
Mitchell's our best player and he struggled to score tonight. We don't have a lot of other guys who can make up for the production he gives. |
Their big guy was blocking shots and he did a nice job of hanging around and making us change our shots a bit. |
They hit every shot they took. They got into a zone I haven't seen in a long time. |
They make free throws when they need to. |
We played our tails off but just got hammered on the backboards. Our defense was as good as it's been, but we couldn't keep them off the glass. |
We played well at times, but our margin for error is so small. |
We're a team that needs a lot of things to go right for us to win. We're improving. Unfortunately, our record doesn't indicate that. |