I didn't enjoy watching it very much in preparation. You try to find chinks in the armor and it's hard to do. We've got to hope we make a few shots and they miss a few shots. |
I didn't even want to talk about the relevance of being in the BIG EAST prior to us taking care of our non-league. I certainly think we've done some things to improve. I think that we've put ourselves in a position to compete in the BIG EAST. |
I didn't think any more of it than that. |
I do think this league ... will legitimately have an opportunity for eight to nine or 10 bids. |
I do think this league will break the seven-bid barrier. Can we get nine? I don't know about that. But we do have a legitimate shot at breaking that barrier. |
I don't have a choice. I mean this sincerely, it would be a disservice to everybody who supports this program if I talk about what we can't do. You're not going to hear that from me. I'm really confident we're going to get this right on Sunday, and then we're going to try to steal a couple on the road. |
I don't know how a team with what we had on the line could approach the game as passively as we did. |
I don't know how a team with what we have on the line can approach the game as we did and as a result I think Seton Hall took the game to us and were certainly the better team down the stretch. |
I don't know whether to laugh, to cry, to scream, or ... I don't know what to do. They've got me paralyzed a little bit. I do know this: The games keep coming. |
I don't see that happening. |
I don't take any solace in losing the game by two or 22, we lost the game. The standard at Cincinnati has not slipped to the point where we will get any gratification out of moral victories. I said that early, I'll say that late. If this team does not make the NCAA tournament, I will feel as if we've failed, I will feel as if I've failed. |
I don't think there's going to be too many people in the country that can stay between him and the basket. |
I don't want them to feel like I'm expecting them to be the savior of the program, nor do I want them to be intimidated. Whatever they can add is a bonus, even if it's helping us in practice. Just looking at them, they may be playing Saturday - I'm serious. |
I felt as if we were just trying to hold on, thinking we were going to back ourselves into a road win in the Big East Conference. It's not going to happen. Unless we play aggressive, with confidence and as if we have something to play for, which is our ultimate goal, ultimately you get what you deserve. |
I get a lot of crazy calls. My son can play and he's 8 feet tall. To get a call like that, really I didn't start pursing it because I didn't think it was real. |