A move to Division I will increase the exposure of the entire university, not just the athletics program. Recruiting will be a little easier, because of the national recognition NCCU will receive from being Division I. |
I think the guys are all learning their roles now. But we've still got a long ways to go. I expect Livingstone to come in and play hard. It's a division game they want to win, and it's not like they've been getting blown out a lot. |
It was a tough game, and we knew we had to play a perfect game to win. They're just better than us. |
No loss is easy. Not in my house. |
Shawn [Vikings coach Walker] does a good job with his team, and they've been pretty good at home. We might have won three in a row, but we can't start thinking we've arrived. |
That was important that we won a game on the road. I think we got a big lift out of it. I was concerned about how we would bounce back, because the guys were pretty up for the Bowie game [a 62-59 home-court loss on Tuesday night]. |
These games are running too close together. I know St. Aug is going to be athletic. They've got three guys scoring in double figures. I don't know how we're going to slow them down. It's going to be a challenge. |
They were picked to win the division for good reason. They know how to win. |
They've got a good team. It's a big rivalry, so I hope the guys will be ready to play. |
We just didn't make our free throws again. When you miss free throws, it puts pressure on your defense. They made theirs and we didn't make ours. |
We knew the kid [Johnson] could do it -- he just hadn't done it. He just played outstanding basketball in the second half, and we did a good job of getting him the ball. |
We played hard, but we just got too far behind early. We committed too many turnovers, and their [22] offensive rebounds just killed us. |
We'd like to be winning, but the thing I like about my guys is that they're playing hard and don't quit. I think the win at Shaw helped us get some confidence we can win on the road. |