Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sylvia Hatchell

I would hope that (the NCAA selection committee) wouldn't hold one team in our conference back because of one or two others that got No. 1 seeds.

Nick Holt

I would not have been interested. I think it's an excellent conference. I think it provides us stability, and I think we can grow with the conference It helps us with recruiting. It has a great reputation, and I think it fits our school perfectly.

Miami wasn't in a conference at that time. Miami was an independent,

Who knows what's going to come out of the trustees' conference call?

When the (Big 7) was formed, it was considered to be a power conference. It's lived up to its billing. It's been our most difficult conference to win because every team is good.

Bob Thomason

You listen to that all year. Digger Phelps said he saw the Missouri Valley Conference and said it was 'sorry.' He said that all year.

That was huge, a sophomore on the mound. You go on the road for the first conference game, and he comes up big for us.

That was a very impressive win for Blackhawk last week. They've gotten better and better each game. Blackhawk is so well coached, there's no way there would be a letdown. In the conference we play in you have to be ready each week.

That win was very critical for us. We obviously want to be in it till the end in the conference race. You have to get some wins. That's not easy, especially in this conference, but that's why it's an honor to play in the Big Ten.

That will be a good test or us a big conference game at home.

That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad.

That was not a senior play. But the guys didn't lose their composure. I just wish we were healthy. We're the only team in the conference who hasn't been healthy from start to finish.

That was only four seconds off the conference record. These guys really were hungry to not only win a conference championship but to get to state.

That's the reason why you play the tournament. We play those two games to get some of that rust out of our system, because after that we don't have anything but conference left.

That's the most we scored in a conference game. We're hitting well and playing good defense. It's good to win the conference outright.

We need this game to kind of get rolling before we go into the rest of conference play.

We are doing a mini-bidding conference on May 19 and, thereafter, as soon as we can put the paperwork together we'll sign the deals.

Bobby Jones

We know if we win out we would be in good shape. As long as we do our part, we could win the conference championship instead of finishing second.

We'll generate significant, significant revenue for the conference and the institutions that participate.

Two years ago a lot of people didn't even think our conference was going to make it, ... There was a lot of discussion about separation. ... Two years, for our members, have been pretty difficult. Collectively, we think we have a significant upside.

We were in the same situation last year, so I know how it feels. My goal every year is to get five or six teams from this conference in, so I hope that happens.

Where we're standing currently in the conference doesn't mean anything. It's too early to throw in the towel -- it's one weekend of many weekends that's left to play.

We were able to get things done. It is not just me. We won county, sectional and conference titles. That has been the most satisfying part of it all.

We were able to execute some things that we have been working on. Hopefully, the strong play will continue as we head into our second conference game this weekend.

We can really make up some ground and put ourselves in a good position. All conference games are big games. It doesn't matter who you play. You've got to play well so you can win.

Rick Barnes

We realize we're in the middle of a conference race. We're not going to take anything for granted.

We played more like we did earlier in conference play. We did a good job of executing on offense. We moved guys around and got them in. It was good to see.

We put a lot of emphasis on the conference meet. To me it's the most important meet.

We hope to be part of the Nutmeg Conference next year. It will make us a little more competitive.

Bobby Jones

Robert Morris and St. Francis are like the step-children of the Northeast Conference when it comes to TV exposure.

Matt Johnson

Rochester (Century) is probably the most dominant team in the conference by far. We swam well tonight. Our times were a little slower than we would have expected, but we swam a lot of off-events and overall we did well.

Pitching should be our strength. We have two juniors and a sophomore with varsity experience. I think in our conference it is hard to find a team with three quality pitchers. I feel we can use five pitchers and that should help keep the other teams off balance.

I think offensively, we're fine. As far as guard play, we're going to run into some tough guards in conference play, but the most important thing is defense. That's going to win us game, especially if our shots aren't falling.