(Assistant) coach (Chip) Wilde does a good job preparing the scouting report by giving all the players DVDs to watch of an opposing team. I'll take it home and watch it for about a half-hour just so I have a better idea what the other guy likes to do. |
(Waters) told me he was going to move me to the wing because we needed more points on the board. Quincy can't score all the points by himself. |
Coach (Waters) was himself. He came in here and said, 'Guys, you did it.' That was one of our goals in the beginning of the season, to make it to the Big East tournament, and just coming in here and playing as hard as we did allowed us to do that. |
Eventually, when it's all said and done, people will eventually look at me as being one of the best defensive players. I don't care about people recognizing what I do now because in the end people will recognize how good a defender I am. |
I definitely saw two guys running at Quincy. He's the type of guy that can get the ball to me and get that kind of shot. |
I don't think it's a distraction. It's something he addressed, but we have to continue to keep focused throughout these last four games. It's very important to put this behind us and take care of our business. |
I know playing in the Big East, every night you're going to have to come out and compete. There's not one game that you can come out here and lollygag. You got to be on your 'A' game every night, because if you're not you can mess around and get crushed. |
I think it's going to be an improvement for our team, putting me out there on the wing, getting more shots. That's what I've been working on all summer, not just to take shots but to make shots, and knowing that this team is (relying) on me to produce. |
I tried to make it difficult for him to post up. |
I was really focused. I shot the ball real well. I became really confident. Everyone had a hand in this victory. |
In tournament play, anything is possible. Anybody can get upset at any time. That's what we're looking forward to doing. |
It definitely motivates us more because we want both of our programs to be successful. They come out here and work hard every day, and we're just trying to implement the same thing that they're trying to do. |
It's all about composure, something we didn't have at the beginning of the season. |
It's definitely a step backwards because we didn't take care of home-court advantage. St. John's came in here and stole one from us. |
It's unfortunate we didn't have any timeouts. We used all our timeouts in key situations, but it (another timeout) probably could've helped us in the end. |