Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's been trending that way the last few years. The business of college basketball dictates that you can't wait until the spring to get recruits. If you wait until spring, you're dead in the water.

It's an exciting school to be part of, obviously a football dynasty, less so on the basketball side of things, but I'm excited that they are here. They are the number 8 seed and I'm going to see how they perform over the next couple of days.

Billy Donovan

It's a new day, a new season, a new opportunity for both basketball teams.

It looked like they were playing in someone's back yard because they had no respect for the basketball and no respect for the Woodstock players. We knew what was coming but we went to some bizarre stuff. I didn't know what we were doing out there.

Theresa Grentz

They have the talent. They need the direction on where it's going and that's my job to give them that direction. There's a lot of basketball to play and I want them to understand that.

They just played a great basketball game. I feel sorry for them because it was one of those games where you hate that someone has to lose.

They just kick our behinds. They showed us what playoff basketball is about, and it was good for us.

They just don't give you a minute to catch your breath, and we just couldn't handle their pressure all night. They are 24-0 for a reason, but our kids had a great year (19-6) and Wilson basketball is back. We battled hard, but they are just a good team.

They just didn't hit any outside shots. They made a basket early and we then went on a 17-0 run.

They just didn't give up. We're a good basketball team at the right part of the year. We're playing as hard as we have all season. We're playing as well as we have all season. I'm very happy with the effort of our kids.

They let the whole country down. Their egoism was their downfall as this group of outstanding individuals failed to blend into a team and produce the top quality basketball they're capable of. The team chemistry was poor from the start of the preparation period and their long nights out until the early morning hours certainly didn't help.

It was great playing with him, getting to know him and the rest of the guys throughout traveling basketball.

Billy Donovan

It was great to see him shoot the basketball and let it go with the confidence he did. The biggest thing I look at with Lee is the confidence level he's shooting the ball with. Tonight, he was just letting it go and shooting it with a great deal of confidence.

LaMarcus Aldridge

It was just leave the middle to me and get to all their shooters.

It was just a tremendous high school basketball game. This is a rare occurrence.

It was just time to beat them. We played like we knew we could. Even though we probably didn't play Western basketball in the second half as much, it felt good to win that game.

Roy Williams

It was a fantastic performance for us. I think it was our best basketball of the year.

Mike Dunlap

It was just a good defensive effort, true Metro State basketball. Holding a team to under 50 points is a huge effort.

They will defend at the highest level and try to control the tempo. It will be a grind-it-out basketball game.

They will constitute the basket of the currencies and be weighted accordingly,

They've played some good teams to get there, and they're playing good basketball right now.

Karl Hobbs

They've had classy kids and when you walk in their facility, you know basketball is important at that school. They've dominated us. They are the only program in this conference that has truly dominated us.

They've got pretty good inside play. Sherman is a really nice post player for a freshman and he can finish with the basketball when he gets it inside.

There's times when you know you haven't scored a basket in a while. But when you start getting into 6 minutes (and beyond), I don't think you realize it.

There was a point where we had four ninth-graders out there. My kids played hard, and they represented Lakes basketball well. I'm so proud of them.

The revenue that he's generated, personally and with the basketball program, it's not only helped us in basketball but helped us in other programs as well.

This is a unique group. A group of guys who come from totally different backgrounds who have come together to build a basketball team. It's special. It speaks of their families and of the character of each one of them.

This is kind a new (football) rivalry but you already see it in basketball and baseball.

Jim Cleamons

This is just another brick in the wall, and there will be others. I don't see this as being significant except that we're trying to improve our basketball team.

This is Connecticut basketball. After suffering the embarrassment of the North Carolina game, it came to a point where we felt like we needed to win. You get tired of leaving the gym crying because you wished you played harder. We came together and won.

Once he gets into basketball shape, he'll help us a lot and give us some strong post play. He's a presence inside.

Jay Wright

On behalf of Allan, his family and our basketball family, I would like to thank everyone for the well-wishes and prayers Allan has received in the last 36 hours. Obviously Allan is very fortunate to have come through a potentially dangerous injury with these positive results.

Stephen Jackson

Once he starts playing basketball and continues to play how he's been playing, a lot of the negativity will soon blow away.