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We lost to a very, very good basketball team.

We lost to a very good basketball team today. Albany had a lot of answers.

We made them the first time, and we won. We didn't make them this time, and we didn't win. That's high school basketball and the way the ball bounces.

He was just in shock, didn't know which way to turn. He's a changed young man, forever. I don't think he picked up a basketball all June, July or August.

He was just flat out faster and quicker than everybody else on the floor. If we could get him the basketball and position where he could score, he could finish for us again.

He wasn't just a member of the basketball team - he was part of our basketball family. So it was pretty shocking.

He was pretty much a victim of my lack of success. He has an extremely intelligent basketball mind. He's constantly studying the game, and he never has let the game bypass him in any way.

He was pretty confident coming in. He was ready for the game. You could tell. In big games this year, he has come through for us pretty well. He always seems to make big plays for us. He is a pretty heady basketball player.

I thought we did a nice job on the boards, and I thought our defense was solid. We have held our last five teams under 35 percent shooting and then when you rebound the basketball like we did, it helps you to be successful.

I thought we did a good job of slowing them down and making them play half-court basketball.

Pat Riley

I thought we played some of the best basketball that we've played for two and a half quarters. Then we got really sloppy with turnovers. We lost the energy that we had but we closed it out.

I thought we played our best basketball of the season in the first and third quarters. We had a plan defensively and we just put it all together. We played well at both ends of the floor.

Flip Saunders

I thought we played maybe 10 to 13 minutes of championship basketball tonight. We didn't play how we're supposed to play, even down the stretch. We won the game, but there were definitely some learning experiences.

I thought we played hard. But South Shore played hard too. Give them credit. They were able to play their style of basketball and take control of the game in the paint. They killed us on the boards ,and that was the difference in the game.

Gary Williams

I thought we had a great stretch of basketball early in the second half. We played well enough to keep the lead. Hopefully this is the start of becoming a good basketball team.

Flip Saunders

I thought we might have played 10 to 13 minutes of championship basketball tonight. We won the game, but there are things we need to work on.

I thought we had them on the ropes in the first half, but basketball is four quarters. We are a young team and just don't have the depth to match them right now.

I thought the refs were pretty consistent, so we're fine with that. There's certainly, I think, too much contact for a high school basketball game and I think that needs to be addressed because if you're not as strong physically, then you get leveraged under the basket or out of bounds. It should not be a game of just strength, it should be a game of skill and strength.

I thought the guys played a pretty good basketball game tonight. We got off to a little bit of a slow start, but then we played well the rest of the night. We did a lot of things well in the game.

I thought they played incredible basketball, given the fact that they had not had the opportunity to play together. We had two or three players that had not played varsity and we were undersized.

I thought the biggest difference was the fact we were able to defend the basketball at the highest level.

I thought that first half of basketball, Pitt played really, really well.

I think we had played some of our worst basketball that weekend. We felt those were some potential victories that we let slip away, but we have an opportunity to redeem ourselves.

I think we're a great basketball team and they thumped us pretty good in the second half.

I think we're a decent basketball team. I hope we can get better.

I think we're a better basketball team than we were last year but the league is better top to bottom. This may be the best year that we've ever had.

Derek Fisher

I think we're finding this team can win basketball games, even when we don't score 100 points.

I think we're finally playing the kind of basketball I know we can play. We finally put it all together. We're passing, we're waiting for our shot, being patient.

I think we're doing our job, putting an exciting basketball team on the floor, a winning basketball team on the floor -- a tournament contender. It would help if we had at least 6,000 fans at every home game, but I'm not going to chastise those who haven't been here.

I think we match up OK. It just matters if we come to play and how we handle the trip. We're not used to being on a bus for two hours and then getting out and playing a basketball game.

Brandon Roy

I think we just want to keep playing good basketball. We don't want to go the Pac-10 tournament and have a terrible game and have that be the last thought on our minds heading into the NCAA tournament.

Will Thomas

I think we just wanted the basketball more than them, man.

Jerry Sloan

I think we do believe in the offense now. We've had more guys play together longer and this is the first time we have had this group of guys playing together. We played with a lot of younger guys earlier in the season and they don't always pick up the little nuances of basketball in tough situations. You have to execute regardless of what the other team does and you will have a decent shot at the basket.