He's the best defender in the Big East. Everybody he plays against he shuts down. The game you saw Mejia have wasn't an off-day - that young man makes people have off-days. |
His skill level has improved. A year ago he was coming along. Two years ago he was shooting from long range. Now he's shooting the short and mid-range shot, so he's really a scoring threat. |
I do have a special bond with (Webb) because he means so much to me. And I know for him it's tough (that I'm leaving). But we've prepared him to be a leader. He's able to handle these things much better. |
I do know he can do more than just recruit. He's done a great job here to be honest with you. I couldn't ask for a better person to be with. He'll succeed. He's from New Jersey and you need that here. |
I don't know [if an opponent such as Princeton] hurts you, It gets you unnerved. |
I don't like to get into that, because I don't really know what has happening there, but it was not a good situation. |
I feel it is important for me to finish out the season for the kids. |
I feel it's time to move on. My stay here was very good, and it's time to move on. They told me to clean up this program and I did that. It just wasn't the right match in my estimation. |
I felt so bad because this is my team and it looks like I abandoned them. I made a bad choice. |
I had a talk with Quincy. I told him ?You gotta lead this team. They follow your lead.? And he responded. This showed his maturity and his leadership. |
I hate to waste the ability of our point guard because he's the best pressure guard out there. It hurts our team if we don't have that pressure. |
I have enjoyed coaching the Rutgers basketball team for the past five seasons, and have had the opportunity to work with some tremendous young men. But at this time, I feel that this is the best course of action for me to take for the Rutgers basketball program and for my family. I feel we were able to accomplish a lot here, but it is time for me and my family to move forward. |
I have to give DePaul a great deal of credit because they could have backed down in that game when we were up by eight in the last four minutes of the game. But they kept fighting. |
I honestly think we set up a good shot for him with that three-pointer, when it was a three-point game, and I just think he didn't have any legs. The boy was tired, he was literally tired. |
I knew what his aspirations were and I had to make a decision in my mind: 'Do I worry about what his aspirations are or am I trying to make this program better?' And when I thought about the ways to make this program better, there was no better person suited for that position. |