Famous Quotes & Sayings

That was the first time all year I've had to get in my kids' faces about effort. To their credit, they responded. But we needed three quarters of great basketball after that, and we didn't get it.

That was the difference in the basketball game.

That was the best first half of basketball we have played all season tonight. Defensively we did a really good job of containing both Leon and Williams, not letting them hurt us with their outside shooting. But the big key I felt was holding Windham to just one shot with our rebounding, as both Derek Ward and Mark Redding had strong games inside.

That was really a war out there, it really was. Those were two excellent basketball teams. We just had to battle, battle, battle.

That way, you get them open shots. You try to get them cuts to the basket to where they get easy baskets. And once you get easy baskets, usually your game starts to flow from there.

That was a lot of fun. That's how we want to play basketball here. Now we need to find a way to carry that over to all four quarters of a game.

John Calipari

That was a high-level basketball game. My hat is off to Tennessee . They played exactly like they needed to play. They are executing how they want to play. They got it inside when they needed to get a couple of baskets.

John Calipari

That was a high-level basketball game. My hat is off to Tennessee.

Aaron Brooks

That was a great rebound. His basketball IQ is great. That was one where we knew we had the game.

That was a great high school basketball game. If you weren't here, I'm sorry you missed it.

That was a great college basketball game. You can't walk out of this coliseum with your head down. You've got to be able to walk out proud.

Jay Wright

That was a great college basketball game. We were very fortunate to get out of here with the win.

That was a great college basketball game there. Great environment. I told our guys, 'You live for opportunities like this, to have a chance to play in an environment and championship, the right to play in one of the most prestigious sporting events of all time, the NCAA basketball tournament.

That was a great college basketball game that was played. I am so proud of our guys, and they can't look back and say, 'If only I would have tried a little harder.' They did. They gave it everything that they had.

Jay Wright

That was a great college basketball game. It's difficult to take but we have to. It's part of life and you move on. We have to win the next one that's what's on our minds now.

That was a great basketball team we played. To give you an idea ... that team won the Big West Conference and there are five teams from that conference here (at the national tournament).

John Beilein

That was a great basketball game. Their tempo is incredible. No one had pushed us at that pace all year.

That was a great basketball game. I thought our kids played with energy and purpose from start to finish. But so did our opponent. It was a great game to be a part of.

Roy H. Williams

That was a fun basketball game. If you didn't care who won, you had to enjoy that. The problem is we care deeply whether you win or lose. But I'm really proud of my team.

Eddie Jordan

That was certainly playoff basketball by the Cavaliers. It wasn't playoff basketball by the Wizards. My team (is) not playing the way they were supposed to play. That hurt us. It's a problem we have to correct. Our team didn't have the body language. We didn't have unselfish play. We were undisciplined. We lost our focus.

That was big. We got down by one, but that basket was big. Plus she made the free throw.

That was one of the best halves of basketball I've seen in the five years I've been coaching.

Tom Izzo

That was our best basketball game in maybe a couple years. This was close to a perfect game.

That was just a great high school basketball game. People got their money's worth tonight.

That was an unbelievable college basketball game. You won't see anything better on TV, that's for sure.

Jim Les

That was an awfully good basketball team we played. And I think in order to win this game, we had to play our 'A' game. The reason we didn't is because of what they do and how they play.

That's the way basketball is sometimes. They hit shots and we didn't hit shots. Sometimes basketball is that simple.

That's the toughest environment I've ever been in for college basketball. To see that many people in that environment so quiet, it was priceless.

That's the worst half of basketball I can ever remember playing in 21 years. I'd really have to think if there was one worse than that. It was just horrible.

That's the way our basketball team needs to play. That's the style we've chosen to play. We're not as fast maybe as we've been in the past, but when you've got big guys, that's the way it works.

Jay Harrington

That's the real key to this team. It's the most unselfish group of kids I have ever been around. They all put the team first and they care about each other. It's a very special basketball team in that way.

That's the passion and the pride we play with, it's just about competing. I wanted them to show they are basketball players, not point guards or power forwards, but basketball players.

That surprised a lot of people, that I chose basketball because I was technically more successful at track. Basketball was just something I felt I could improve on.