I told our guys if we had had a timeout we would have won that game. We would have set up something for that last shot. |
I told our guys in the locker room that if we had a timeout, we would've won that game. We would've set something up on that last shot. |
I told the guys that I'm going to miss them. I told them I love them. I also talked to them about next year ? go out and get to the NCAA (Tournament) because they have the ability to do that. |
I told these guys now they belong. Now we're going to go on the road and get our first Big East (road) victory. We're going to be in the Big East Tournament. I gave them things to feel good about themselves because they deserved it. They played hard. |
I wanted to clear the air. I wanted everyone to know my intent and have my team able to focus on the next four or five games, if we have that many, and not have them hurt in this process. |
I was surprised by the seeding and not getting a home game. But, hey, stranger things have happened to me this year. I'm disappointed because we have a great venue at Rutgers. |
I'm optimistic. All the tests have been done and Anthony is progressing. We think he'll play. |
I've got to give Quincy credit throughout that whole ordeal because he never wavered. All these statements didn't come from Quincy. Quincy wanted to be here. |
If Farmer can come out and give some things like he gave today, we can win some games. |
In essence it was a reprieve from Wednesday. |
In essence, it was a reprieve from Wednesday because they heard a lot of stuff from us, from you the media, from everyone. I'll tell you something -- these kids responded well. |
In my estimation, Marquis is the best defensive player in the Big East. He's the most disciplined player I've seen, like a quarterback in football he reads reports and watches tapes every day. |
In this league, with how competitive this league is, that's a big difference. You don't have any games that you can call 'gimme' games. There are no surefire wins. |
It gave us some issues, but we went into overtime and kept our composure. We said in the huddle, 'We gave one away a few nights ago, and we're not going to let this one get away. |
It hasn't progressed and the reason why is he keeps getting it hit. And when you get it hit, you need at least two to three days rest. The most we can give him is one because we play so many games back-to-back. |