Famous Quotes & Sayings

We played very good basketball on the defensive end and that's a credit to our kids. But we struggled on the offensive end. We've lost our offensive efficiency since the Christmas break.

We played unselfish basketball. The girls were willing to give up the basketball and move the ball around.

We hang out a lot on weekends. It's not one of those teams where you have a group of friends outside. Here your friends are the team. Even though basketball is done, I'm still going to hang out with them. It's pretty cool.

We handled the pressure. We talked about containing the basketball on defense and not letting them penetrate and kick it out to one of their shooters. We were patient and not forcing things on offense. We were getting good looks at the basket, and I felt we did a good job of rebounding on both ends.

Rafer Alston

We had more consistent injuries than we had consistent basketball plays. We could never get that consistent feel of a starting lineup, playing with a set group of guys for a long period of time. That's hard to deal with.

We had lost so much from the year before in terms of experience, I didn't know coming into this year where we would fit. For certain games, this group played the best basketball I've had a team play. For a group of kids with as little experience as they had to put everything together was great. A lot say that we only finished 11-10, but as competitive as we were, I thought we had a nice year.

We had kind of gotten away from the basketball we had been playing in the past, and a couple 6 a.m. practices refocused us and got us ready. When you have these (school) assignments, you can't get to bed early. But it was worth it. If that's what we need to do to work and get better, that's what we have to do.

Tom Robbins

We had a lot of young players this season. I thought they have improved over the course of the year. Overall, I have been pleased. As far as the sectional goes, I like our draw and I feel like we are playing our best basketball right now.

We had a lot of unselfish play, and that led to a lot of easy baskets. We've just been playing a lot better basketball these last two to three weeks, and it is continuing to show.

We had four guys in double figures and we had 22 assists. That means we were sharing the basketball and we were making some shots.

We had to put some pressure on them and turn it into a basketball game again. Once we did that, we got some things accomplished.

We have all been competing since we were 5 years old. He was the one taking us everywhere and he coached us. I remember playing one-on-one basketball all the time with him growing up.

We have a great girls and guys track program and cross country program, too. We want to be known as a school that's well rounded. You can do a lot things there besides play football. Basketball happens to be one of them, but we've got a nationally renowned speech and debate team, too.

We have a good atmosphere. Our goal is to give the crowds exciting basketball because they have been loud, especially this season.

Sean Miller

We have a lot of problems as a basketball team.

We have a lot of pride in this program. No one is happy dropping nine or 10 in a row but we have plenty of opportunity to win these next 15 or so games. That's a lot of basketball left to play.

We wanted to make sure we didn't let (Wichita State) get off threes. They've been shooting the basketball extremely well here.

We wanted to make a statement. A seven-year contract makes a very strong statement that we believe in him, and it makes a strong statement that we're convinced that he's going to take our basketball program to the level of national leadership that we expect.

We wanted to go up and down the court real fast, but it didn't end up happening. We just had to make sure we were crisp with our offense and play hard D, and stay together and play focused.

We wanted to go get the basketball and we really crashed the offensive boards with a little more passion. Defensively we tried to make sure we got a body on somebody and try to get the basketball.

We've got the biggest week of our basketball lives.

We've got some high expectations for all our sports programs, and we're certainly looking for some improvement in our women's basketball program.

Geno Auriemma

We've got some good basketball left in us we haven't played yet. There's a lot that still has to come together for us and hopefully it will be Monday night.

Jeff Hawkins

We've got our minds so much on basketball stuff and practice, I forgot it was New Year's Eve. Thanks for reminding me, though.

We've made a push to play our best basketball in the final two weeks. We will need to be at our best mentally and physically in the tournament.

We have been working really hard here the past three years. We've had some hurdles like all rebuilding jobs. This year we have more players. We have more experienced players. The first-year guys we have signed are making contributions. We're kind of getting it from everywhere. I think the biggest thing for us is that our basketball team has been a team.

We?re not a very skilled team. We have kids who play hard. ... We don?t have good basketball skills. And in games like this, it hurts.

Rick Carlisle

We're not a very good basketball team right now. This was very disappointing. We couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle. The ball not going in in the third was key.

Rick Carlisle

We're not a very good basketball team right now. This was very disappointing.

Jose Fernandez

We're not a very good basketball team right now. But hand it to them, I thought they brought a ton of energy and they brought a ton of enthusiasm and they made plays. And they did whatever they wanted to do. I'm embarrassed that we didn't give a better showing.

Usually, Saint Joe's teams play their best basketball this time of year. We are just going to have to take this game, learn from it and move on. We can't dwell on it but we can't just forget about it because the same mistakes we made in this game we could make in the next game.

We just want to play great basketball. We still have work to do, but this is a fun team to coach.

We have only lost to two teams in the region. I think we are playing our best basketball right now.