Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

I think we did surprise a lot of people. We lost some games we shouldn't have lost and at times we didn't look like a good basketball team, but we pulled together when the state tournament came and now we're at state.

I think we didn't play our style of basketball in the second half. I don't know what happened, but you have to give credit to them because they played good defense and took us out of our game.

I think we have to watch hockey closely. We don't want to fall into that. The PR is so bad. If hockey gets real ugly from the PR aspect, I think basketball will get lumped in with it. Both sides have to be real careful.

I think that North Texas is a very nice basketball team. They can shoot it, their big guys are like warriors inside and they are a cohesive team. ... Unless they fall apart, I think they have a chance to win their conference.

I thought overall it was a terrific defensive effort. And offensively we really made the extra pass, moved the basketball, and these guys had really good games.

I thought our transition game was really good tonight especially in the fourth quarter. Our guards did a really nice job of pushing the basketball up the floor and we are lucky enough to have big guys who run the floor as well as ours do.

Tim Miles

I thought our post doubles probably won us the basketball game. We knew we couldn't handle him 1-on-1, so we decided to double him.

Kyle Brooks

I thought our league was very tough and did a great job of preparing us for this. I kept telling our guys to, 'Play your best basketball in February and March.' I think we're doing that. We're playing very well right now.

I thought our kids really came out and played well. I thought the third quarter was the difference. We held them to three points. The kids' team defense was so much better. They're a good basketball team and they're going to be reckoned with the rest of the way.

I thought our kids competed and we played very hard. J.J. is a phenomenal player. He wasn't just great tonight, he has been great all year. I think he is the best player in college basketball and he showed it tonight.

Bernie Bickerstaff

I thought our guys played hard and played terrific. They did everything that they could to win the basketball game. The one concern I have is with Gerald and Raymond, is that I don't want them to get discouraged. I want them to keep taking that basketball to the hole, but they get discouraged when they don't get rewarded.

I thought our defensive intensity was good. The second half we could have done a few things better, but we never lost focus on the defensive end. They?re a very experienced and talented basketball team.

I thought our defense was better tonight. I thought we made an effort to win the the basketball game.

Billy Donovan

I thought our basketball team, it was a great lesson for them. The great equalizer in college basketball is the three-point shot.

I thought our basketball IQ at the end of the game, up 11, could have been a lot better.

I think we will be a pretty good basketball team in the next couple of weeks. I think we are playing more consistently than we were.