Famous Quotes & Sayings

Playing in our conference gets you ready for this time of year.

Playing for the conference title is really what it's all about. We have to win the conference before we can start talking about playing for a state championship.

Players want to win championships. They want to win conference championships, they want to win a tournament championship. .. Players want to be able to cut down nets -- it doesn't matter what the nets are, they want to cut down nets.

Plan A right now, if it's just seven teams, is for each team to play the other conference teams three times,

Really, we're just trying to end the regular season on a good note having a winning record and going into our conference tournament with confidence.

Recent history suggests they're in. When you win the championship of a top-10 RPI conference like the Mountain West, you're in.

Our players have their sights set on winning our conference this year. Last year, we were around a .500 team, so we're definitely looking to improve, because we know we can do better than that.

Our regular season conference schedule prepares us for the post-season. To come out of our district was rewarding, for sure.

Flip Saunders

Part of it is teams that were not very good have gotten better, which makes for a much more competitive conference. What developed for a few years in the Western Conference has now come back to the East, where there aren't really any gimme games.

I think the conference was a great success.

I think the conference race is already done. I think Wichita State is going to win the race. I think what everybody else is trying to do is to get the highest seed they can get for the tournament, or finish as the runner-up.

I thought we had a good meet with some great performances. I feel good going into the conference championships with our level of health and our marks where they are.

I think we did the job we had to do. We led wire to wire in a conference game and won, which is tough in the WVIAC.

I think we have to realize that we lost six seniors. You can say what you want, but next year we won't have six seniors. We will be young and have new faces. We can't go into next year thinking that we will be able to repeat finishing second in the conference and go to the conference championship again. We have to understand that it might take a little time.

Jamie Dixon

I think we should have nine teams in the NCAA tournament. I think we should set a record. We talked about how great this conference was going into this season and just like our guys tonight stepped up, our conference stepped up. We deserve nine bids. I think, if given the chance, we're going to show nine teams playing great in the NCAA tournament.

Kenny Smith

I think that any other year he would be playing. But because (there's) so many great forwards in the West, it's difficult to do that. But (Paul) is one of the top five guards in the Western Conference without question.

Last week I put a thing up that said it's a six game season right now for us. Right now we're 2-0 in this six game season and we've got to keep it going because all of our games are conference games from here on out. One loss could put us sitting home.

Last season we were fourth in the conference as seventh-graders but when we defeated New Lenox Martino, I knew this season had some real good possibilities.

I think depending on what the other teams in the conference look like, we're going to do pretty well this year. Last year was a struggle to get into states.

I think every season is important because there are so many variables for the conference and the schools, ... Certainly, this year presents the opportunity for the Big East Conference to step out and show its capabilities.

Eric Hyman

Is a $40 price to go watch a Southeastern Conference football game reasonable? We've done our due diligence around the country. You'll see that it's more than reasonable.

Our goals are to keep getting better, and when we get to that conference tournament we want to be playing well.

Our goals are still the game. We want to win the SCC Quinnipiac Division, defend our conference title and win the Division I state championship. Those goals will now be harder to attain, but they are still attainable.

Our goal is to win the conference title so we know every game is important. It's nice to be on a team where so many people can contribute.

I don't think it's a secret. Our familiarity with the conference and our past wins have made us feel more confident and we're more focused on getting the job done now. If you can't get excited for conference games, you just can't get excited at all.

I don't think people (Purdue) will be unbeaten. I just think there are too many good teams and too many teams doing good things. I can't say when that will occur or I can't say how that will occur but I just think that the league is too good. ... It's a stronger conference this year, especially in the middle portion of it.

Tommy Amaker

For us, we know the rivalry, the proximity and that we hadn't won this game in a long time, so we're pleased. The focus for us was to try to stay in the hunt for the conference title.

For us to win I think we are going to have to have 180 points. I think we can have five guys in the finals again, but I'm not sure which five. We could get as many as seven or eight, which shouldn't be unusual for a team that could win the conference dual title.

For us to win a conference game on the road at Sauk Prairie, it's a huge momentum lift for the second half of the season. We have lost eight games and seven of those losses have been by six points or less.

For us to be a conference contender, we've got to be a better team defensively. You can't give up (35) points in the first half and expect to win. Our offense played well, but didn't get the stops when we needed to.

Fortuna always plays us tough here. For whatever reason, they're tougher than nails here and tonight was no exception. Fortuna's a quick team and they have some strong players but our guys knew our position in conference right now and they really stepped up.

Given the TBLI Conference organizer's refusal to drop Mr. Keiser, we are now requesting that conference sponsors Calvert Investments and KLD Research & Analytics withdraw their sponsorships of the conference.

Give Westbrook credit. Those kids play hard. They don't quit. They did the same thing to us at our place when they got us. They play tough wire-to-wire. They could have rolled over. Teams are well-coached in this conference and they all play hard every night. And if you don't play hard for 32 minutes you're not going to get a W.