I think we're all very frustrated. I think that's been the case for a couple of weeks. Honestly, we're just trying to keep our focus on the things we can control. There's nothing we can do about (Saturday) or the other seven losses. |
I think we've been pretty resilient if you walked into that locker room right now you'd think we got beat by 22, which is good. Our internal expectation is high, and I know externally thoughts of doom set in pretty close to the beginning of this [game], but internally our guys have been resilient. |
I think we've been pretty resilient. Our expectations are high. |
I think we've put ourselves in a position that if we can go into the Big East and compete at the level that we aspire to compete at, we'll get out of this what we want. |
I think you get caught up in going through the motions instead of seizing the opportunities. There's another one on Saturday. |
I think, obviously they put a cap on it. I know it came down to head-to-head, because if you compared all the numbers between us and other teams, it does not compute. The committee wanted to send a message as to spreading the wealth. |
I thought from Day One the difference between third and ninth place, and eighth place and not going to New York, might be a bad weekend, and that's going to play out. West Virginia, Connecticut and Villanova have separated themselves, but everybody else is a game here or a game there. |
I thought he gave us the best chance to be successful. ... We were hoping the learning curve would be a little shorter for him than it is for most freshmen, and that's proven to be the case. |
I thought it took a lot of courage for coach to come. It shows you what kind of man he is. It's a tribute to these seniors. They wanted him to come. I thought it was fitting going against his alma mater in a game that decided our season. |
I thought Jihad Muhammad was the difference in the game. |
I thought we were a little listless. How can you be listless playing on national television in Freedom Hall against your number one rival? |
I thought we were deficient in every possible area tonight with the exception of Eric Hicks. If he didn't show up tonight, then believe it or not, it could even have been uglier than it was, I don't know how that would be possible but it would have been. |
I thought, honestly, we'd be in the 10, 11 range. For us to be completely off the board is shocking. |
I understood I signed a one-year contract. I didn't expect more, I don't expect more. Opportunities present themselves in strange ways. This was a strange opportunity presented to me. |
I was really happy to see that. I anticipated that. I'm hopeful there's more good news for Eric at the end of the week. He deserved it. He's had a great year and a great career here at Cincinnati. |