Famous Quotes & Sayings

We just didn't get the shots up that we needed to get up and you just cannot do that at the varsity level. You're just not going to get away with that. We have to do a better job taking care of the basketball and then on the offensive side, executing and getting some movement in the offense and giving it a chance to get into a flow.

We just didn't come through as far as taking care of the basketball and rebounding. That was a big thing for us.

We played pretty good basketball today. East fought hard and couldn't get some shots to fall early and sometimes that sets the tone.

We played our worst half since I've known these seniors. I've coached them since third grade and I challenged those seniors at halftime. Greenland basketball is about tradition and they see that each day with the banners on the gym wall.

We played our game and I'm confident we're going to win when that happens. I don't think it's arrogance, I just feel that we have good basketball players.

We played one of our worst basketball games that night. After getting out to a 10-point lead, we lost sight of our goals and objectives.

We came out intense and aggressive, ... That was one of the best first quarters I've seen from an Ionia basketball team.

We came out and played well, distributed the basketball and got everyone involved. That was a huge key for us. Defensively, we did a nice job on helping out on Albers in the first half. She is a big strong girl, and I thought we did a nice job of helping on her.

Jimmy Smith

We had our chances. We just would get a run and then make mental mistakes. But (Clinton's) a well-coached basketball team with some good players.

We had our best half of basketball all year. Our defense was outstanding. We started to go a little individual in the second half.

We had opportunities to win the game tonight, we just didn't capitalize. It wasn't one opportunity. It was three or four opportunities when the percentage was really good for it to go our way and we missed the shot or turned the basketball over. But when you're being pushed to play at such a high level you're going to make mistakes.

We had one of those nights in basketball where we went stone cold for three-quarters of the game, and we couldn't really score ... we just couldn't score. I don't really want to say we played that horribly without giving Miami's defense credit, because they played pretty good. It was just one of those nights. It happens to you now and then in coaching, but give Miami's zone defense credit.

We have the utmost respect for Penn State. When you beat Texas Tech, you are a pretty good basketball team.

We were getting beat by scores like 126-9 and 117-11, so we were probably the worst basketball team in the state of Ohio and I wasn't good enough to start for that team. I figured it was time to try another sport.

We were so worried about Allan and getting back to the hotel and making sure he was OK. Then we spoke about it as a team. I don't think our confidence went down. We were just disappointed we did not play Villanova basketball for 40 minutes.

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.