Famous Quotes & Sayings

We'd like to have been in the championship game, but we won two out of three and at times we played good basketball. We were disappointed but hopefully this gives us some momentum for next week's conference play.

We'd like to have a couple of those early ones back. We took our lumps early to figure out some things, but we're right where we want to be at the start of the conference season.

We were kind of spotty in our last game; fortunately a few of the guys stepped up. It's just another two good games to help prepare us for our conference season.

We were kind of irritated when we heard everyone saying how wide open this tournament was. We were the most consistent team all year. We?d only lost three games and two were to these guys in overtime. We wanted to win this ?wide-open? conference tournament.

We definitely want to play in the postseason. Postseason is very important for this young team. Even the conference tournament is important for us to get them that experience.

We worked hard with ESPN and Conference USA to find alternative dates for the Houston game but the final decision was to play the game on Sunday, Nov. 13,

The only team you can guarantee is going to miss the playoffs in the Western Conference is Phoenix. Somebody's going to be this year's Calgary and we think it could be Nashville.

You look at the conference results last year, and that's where we deserve to be. Those teams don't know us.

Today our season starts over. Hit your reset button, it's 0-0. No matter what you do up to this point, conference is all that matters.

We understand what we need to do to get better before conference tournament time comes in April.

The stock is down because the guidance statement at the press conference was a little on the vague side. In valuation terms it's really tough to get excited about DaimlerChrysler at 50 euros.

The shuttle hurdle relay at the Drake Relays could be a lot of fun. We've got a couple of other guys who would like to be a part of that. We had three guys in the finals (at the Adidas Classic), but the hurdles in the conference is really, really strong, so (Sumrall) has got to get better if he wants to place at conference and I know that's what he wants to do.

(The taste of the loss) is out of my mouth right now. We're over it. We're playing for the conference championship now.

The SouthWest Suburban Conference is 10-deep. We have to be ready. There will be a lot of state medals out of the conference. It's going to be very competitive Saturday.

The Southwestern Conference was extremely good this year, and I think we proved just how good it was this weekend.

The Southeastern Conference (which furnishes the host team for the bowl) wanted it played within the (geographic) footprint of the league, and it was only appropriate that it should be.

The sooner the better. We're looking at the division and then right after that we look at the conference. We still have a lot of work cut out for us. We're looking to go out, clinch tomorrow and get the first one wrapped up. The conference is right there.

The thing that had us optimistic is that we returned so many starters from last year. We had a team that played well within the conference but had various injuries throughout the season that kept us from reaching our potential.

Our conference is very competitive. We need to stay healthy, especially on the offensive line.

Joe Sakic

Our conference is so tight, and the play is tight, we are watching the scoreboard every night. Tonight is just one game, and we are in first for a day. We just will hope to continue it.

Our conference is one of the toughest conferences around. That makes it hard, but it makes us better too.

Jamie Dixon

Our conference has prepared us better than any other conference since I've been around the Big East. I'm not surprised how it has played out because of how many good teams there are here.

Our conference hasn't had a lot of luck with at-large bids. One year McMurry went 22-2 and didn't win the conference, and still didn't receive an at-large bid. Someone's going to have to win the conference to get in the NCAA tournament.

Our competitors in the marketplace are all about their brand. We like to put the conference and their membership front and center.

No 'real' conference would ever think of including two such wildly different topics on the same agenda. But in fact, it works really well to have such an eclectic mix. Everyone in the room is there because they want to be.

Northwestern is one of the top schools in the country. Couple that with playing in the Big 10 Conference and he definitely has to take a look at this. He will be a defensive lineman in college.

Normally, we would have played another Division 1-A (team), hopefully ... someone in the middle of the of conference in the Big-12 or Big-10, and I think you would have a little better understanding of where your kids are. But I think we know what we need to work on. We know what our strengths are.

No one wants to share a championship. We've had a good week and we're definitely going in with the intent of winning the thing outright. The whole thing that I'm emphasizing to our team is that we have to play like we're playing for the conference championship. It's just going to come down to how we handle the situation.

The MVC is a very strong conference with an earned reputation,

Matt Ryan

The more experience I can get, the better off I'm going to be, especially in conference games that are going to mean a lot and are important to the team. I think it's good that I've gotten in there and had success and have dealt with adversity. I think it's been very positive.

Defense is a big concern. In '01, '02, '03 we were at the top of the conference in defense. That didn't happen last year.

Coach, we're going to win the conference tournament.

Deon has been our unsung hero all year long. He plays great defense, and he's very unselfish. We wouldn't be conference and tournament champs without him.