I sure hope so. That's something we're going to need to do. |
I think being at home and being comfortable makes a big difference. Not having to find a place to practice . . . There's so many things to deal with logistically when you're traveling, that this just makes it better for us. |
I think in recruiting, it establishes us. I don't have to answer questions about, Are you going to be there? Are you going to be there when I'm finished playing?' It makes it very clean in recruiting. |
I think in the back of our guys' minds, they always believe that can happen at any time and they have that great confidence. It's exciting as hell because in two possessions, you're making up six points. It's such a momentum-changer. It's fun to have those shooters. |
I think it changed the game. I think he was way ahead of his time. He caught the country by surprise the year he went to the Final Four. I think even after years he had all that success going to the Final Four, I think that it still took all of us a long time to catch up. |
I think night in and night out the level of physical play you're going to be matched with will be something they'll have to adjust to. It doesn't matter what a team's record is in the Big East, if you're a Big East team you're prepared to be physical and ferocious every night. I don't know of any teams have a finesse style of play. It's almost like playing football, where you can physically get beat up. You're going to get physically challenged every night. |
I think our depth over time just got them a little tired. |
I think our team playing well helped him. I know he's very concerned about joining this group, his senior class. That was always his motivation and I didn't want to take that motivation away from him. |
I think these guys have been through so much - normally, losing a player of Curtis' status would be devastating. |
I think they are probably the best defensive team in the tournament, ... They are very well-coached, especially on the defensive end. |
I think they know how hard it's going to be to get any further than that. |
I think they were trying to take Randy and Allan away early. Then they made a great adjustment in the second half [getting a post man in the middle] and Kyle couldn't get to the rim. I think he wore himself out, too, but he carried us in the first half. |
I think we are a little bit more experienced, probably a little bit. We are very similar, but they are a lot different. |
I think we are going to find out [today] if that would be good for us, or would they be able to match us real well. Like in the Big East, we are so unorthodox that it becomes an advantage for us. That's what is going to be interesting. They are going to play their game. We have to play our game, and we're going to see, would that be a problem for us. |
I think we beat them on a good night. They're great. They deserve to be No. 1. They answered everything we did, we answered what they did and that's what made a great game between two outstanding teams. |