(After the Villanova loss) I was really disappointed for our kids, not in our kids. Tonight that feeling's a little different. As the leader of this group, it's ultimately my responsibility to put this team in position to be successful, and that obviously was not the case tonight. For our upperclassmen, I will continue to try to put this in perspective and try to get prepared for our next challenge. |
(His loss) makes us change things schematically. |
(Minnesota) came out with more energy. It was a wake-up call that we needed. It shook us. I'm proud of these guys for responding. |
(SU is) terribly athletic, they're long. Terrence Roberts is probably more of a face-up, mid-post guy, but Watkins has always been a force at the basket. |
(They're) a team that honestly I've got a great amount of respect for, as much as anybody we've played, because of what they've gone through, and they continue to play extremely hard. We knew tonight was going to be a battle. Every game in this league is a battle. |
(Tonight's) game is so important to this group. You can't give up home-court advantage. We have nine games remaining, five which are in this building. We've got to take care of business at home. |
All indications are that he should be fine. I know he wants to play. I know he feels capable. It's just a matter of getting the soreness out. He seems to be OK. |
All the reports were almost too good to be true. |
Anybody that thinks I'm a better coach than him has been out to lunch too long. |
As a kid you always play with your siblings and your friends who can hold their breath the longest. I just held mine for six months. Literally when that last shot by (West Virginia's) Frank Young came up a little short was the first time I exhaled. I feel better about things because I think our team has earned our way to where we want to be ultimately. |
As he was becoming eligible to play, I think he came to the realization that it's tough to be a Bearcat. I think he came to the conclusion that he didn't want to be a part of that. |
As he was sitting there (in the locker room) he was literally wobbling off his stool. |
At this level you're not going to back your way into any success. You have to be aggressive and you have to attack. |
Because of the fact they were a rival of ours from past conferences, the fact that we do have respect for them and what their team has been able to accomplish, it certainly gets our guys' focus back on track. |
Between Cedric, Eric, James and Devan, we have to have a pretty good performance out of, if not all of them, the majority of them, and it just didn't happen across the board. It snowballed, and then you get out of character and before you know it, you look up and you get what you deserve. |