That was an amazing game. It was a great day for the Atlantic 10, I thought. You have to give GW credit — they find a way to win. |
The fact that he doesn't have to score, ... will allow him to score more. |
The goals for us haven't changed any from one league to the next. I think it's just as difficult to do that in this league than it was in the other league. Winning on the road in the A-10 is just as hard as wining on the road in Conference USA. I honestly believe that. |
The last 10 years, we've watched as we went head to head with Cincinnati (in C-USA) and saw how many times Xavier was able to beat Cincinnati. The potential (for a rivalry) is there. Some of that just has to develop over time. |
The win was a wonderful carry over. Being the new guy in the conference in our first year, it's so difficult to play a team the first time. The second time, you know what to expect and we didn't have to prepare as much. |
There's a comfort level, knowing what they're about. But it's also scary because we know what they're about. |
They said they called [the technical] immediately and they just used the monitor to check that. I actually never saw them signal that, but just saw them go to the monitor. |
They're just a very, very good team. They were clearly better than us tonight on both ends. They had answers. Their ability to execute at both ends a little better than we did was the difference in the game. |
They're the measuring stick. They've found a way to win every game. It's not a bad way to end the season, although it's a challenging way to end the season. I can't imagine a tougher situation than being in the last game at their place. It certainly should prepare us going into the conference tournament the next week. |
They've shown the ability to do it. We have a league with tremendous balance. It makes what they're doing more impressive. |
This has been the most unusual year for me. Winning on the road really isn't that unusual for us. What's unusual is losing four games at home this year. |
To a lesser degree than Cincinnati, we've created a monster that our expectations are NCAA. ... I don't mind that. It's a little unfortunate that the NIT is not seen as a positive thing. |
To find a way to win is what conference play is all about. We were able to grind out a win. |
We did not play at the level you have to play at to beat George Washington. They were very impressive. We felt like we could have played better, but at the same time, they played an excellent game and they did whatever it took to win the game. |
We didn't execute - especially against a team this caliber - to get the right shot. |