Famous Quotes & Sayings

What I like is the consistency. At the Southwestern Conference Tournament, we only had two scores in the 70s. Today we had five.

We've got to know that it's going to be a tough game. We can't think that just because we are playing at home that it will be a walk in the park. Obviously, they showed tonight that they want to end in second place in our conference and want home-field advantage, so it's going to be a huge statement, because this is going to be the team will either going to end our season or going to be the springboard to our championship, so we'll have to deal with them.

We've got to go back to work. This is the kind of teams we'll face in the conference season.

Vince Carter

We thought we were a pretty good team and we could go far. We were one shot away from going to the conference finals that year, but unfortunately the guy who took the shot missed it.

We did not end the season on a positive note. But, as always, we have high expectations. We have a lot of guys returning (from a team that finished 19-7-1 and won the conference title for the fourth-consecutive year) and we have quite a few skill-players.

Sue Johnson

There is no doubt in my mind that Ray would be the top player in the conference if she were healthy. But she?s giving us great minutes when she?s out there.

There are no easy games in conference play.

We treat it more individually now so we can focus on the team come conference time. It's training now. We need to peak when it counts.

We're 5-2 in conference and 7-4 overall. This keeps us on the heels of Horicon there. Good senior leadership and a solid second half. We had seven turnovers and I think that was a key. We played solid basketball.

Avery Johnson

We hope we're back, as like any Western Conference team that's going to playoffs. But we've got too much work to do.

We didn't want to be co-champs. Deep down, you want your first conference championship to be an outright championship. We controlled that by winning and Washington losing.

Charles Howard

We've seen each of the teams in our conference once this season. Now it's just a matter of playing more consistently the second time we face them.

The fact that I knew a few National Trail Conference players that went on to play there helped.

We've still got a lot of conference play to go. We've won five out of the last six, though, and the good thing is that eight of our last 12 conference games are at home. But this one? Yeah, this one's a big one for sure.

There are a lot of good teams in our conference where 100 percent of the players are international. The level of tennis in Houma and the Louisiana isn't high enough, so you have to go internationally.

We accomplished our goal of winning the division, and our secondary goal was getting that conference championship ring.

When you walk around the conference hall here, delegates are saying there are lots of issues on the agenda, but there's only one real problem, and that's the United States.

When you've got guys that are willing to sacrifice individual talent and put it together for the team, you're going to have many, many victories. That's showing as we're on our way to a big one Wednesday and hopefully a conference championship.

Elton Brand

There is no question that series would be exciting to play. Not only for the Western Conference finals implications but also for the rivalry.

We'd like to do it (tonight), because Lourdes is our only conference loss. We'd like to get back at them.

We're going to think about the result of this match too much, because a lot of people were happy with the way they played. We're excited to go out there on Saturday and finish the conference season off on a positive note.

Jeff Tedford

We're going to play in conference games that are going to be close, and those type of things will come back and haunt you. Special teams had a letdown tonight and we didn't play to our potential.

We're going to need those guys when it comes to conference time.

What makes him a vet is he's been playing since he was a freshman, ... He has experience under his belt. He's been in this conference for two years, and he knows who the opponent's threat is and what they are going to do. It's good to have him back there. He's real helpful. He guides us in all directions ? picks us up when we are down and gives us praise whenever we're doing good.

We're going to have to make some improvements on the men's side. We need to go back to work and pick up the intensity. As the season goes on we need to keep working hard to make a better impression at the conference championships.

We're just ready to see the teams in our conference for a change.

We're just looking to the conference tournament. If we had won just one more of those (SLC) games, we could be up there tied for the seventh or eighth spot.

We're just looking to go out and finish conference strong, improving like we have been and hopefully finish out with six more wins before we start the conference tournament.

We're just looking to get back into the flow of things. We're hoping to sharpen our skills and execute our offense and defensive schemes. Getting to see other quality schools not in our conference is also going to help us out down the stretch.

Charles Tupper

Yes ; I say that delusion has been completely swept to the winds by the conference at Winnipeg.

We knew when we won conference we could go to state. And our defense was the difference.

Jarome Iginla

We knew they'd raise their game. They're one of the top teams in the conference and we didn't match them after they started coming.

We want to secure our spot in the conference tournament.