Famous Quotes & Sayings

A lot of people think the Valley is the strongest conference in the state and if you look at our track record it speaks for itself. Most years we have two teams down here and this year I think we could have had more if we were more spread out.

A lot of teams that have won their conference tournaments have lost in the first two rounds. It was unfortunate to lose, but it got us hungry again.

They played very well, and they played extremely hard. But I thought they were in the (regional) tournament anyway. The conference championship - or the opportunity to play for it - would have been nice.

They must have been pretty sure of themselves. To be honest, to me it was just a conference game, a very important game. Those around me wouldn't let me focus on it. We had to step away and focus on it being just another game.

They have fewer numbers, but they have a good running back. This is our first conference game of the season, and we need to get better. We have a lot of work to do this week.

The game would be in the footprint of Conference USA.

The goal of the conference and the workshops is to stimulate dialogue between students on these issues so that they can return to their respective campuses and continue the dialogue.

The games are only going to get tougher as we make the stretch drive of our conference schedule. There's more on the line, and teams with better records than those we've faced thus far are also going after the same goal we are.

Dave Allen

The future is now for this team, and I hope that we can stay focused over the next four weeks, and stay healthy, so we can make a strong run at our conference championships.

The euro is trying to grind higher but it's still in a range. The tone of a post-decision press conference will be important.

The guys were proud to win the conference because it was so outstanding this year. Our guys have done a good job. They've prepared well and played well and had a great regular season. Now we're getting ready to start a new season, and we'll get to work on that.

The guys are pumped. It's a conference rival.

The good thing for Pitt is that everyone will be taking on another loss in the last week of the season except for the conference champions.

The greatest part of this job is to show these younger kids their heritage. Heritage gets lost with a lot of these kids. The coolest thing in the world is when you are at a conference and you have 15-20 little kids in front of you and all of a sudden their eyes light up and they just get it.

The important thing about tonight's win is that it gave us the conference outright. We talked about how important that was before the game.

Jay Bilas

The difference is Villanova was a major conference team with pros on it.

Dan Fouts

A good showing of fan support Saturday would go a long way in helping us reach our goal- the conference championship.

You've got the No. 1 team and the No. 2 team in the conference playing each other; it's supposed to be a dogfight.

These kids want to win, ... You come out and put all the work into it that they do - and you're right, conference championships are probably gone and playoffs are probably gone - but you can still win. You can still win your last three games and have a positive feeling about yourself. There's lots of things that can still be positive.

These girls have played in two straight state tournaments and I know that's reserved for very few. We fell just short of the triple crown. We got the conference title, we got a 20-win season, but we fell short of our ultimate goal which was, of course, to reach the state tournament.

All four of those guys are back from last year's team, and that extra year of experience really has helped. They know what it takes to win now, and hopefully they know what it takes to win a conference championship, too.

Emily Johnson

The idea is to come out strong. This is a conference game, so you have to play harder now.

You can't spot those teams 10 points like that and expect to be able to win. I don't know what it is about us. For some reason, since conference started, we start off slow, and it's one of the things we need to work on. We got to make sure we come out confident in our shooting.

The kids did a great job. Two conference road wins, I couldn't be more proud of how they played the last two games.

Bronco Mendenhall

They know we have a lot of improvement to make. Our goals are eight weeks down the road at the end of conference play. I've been happy with our practices,

Herman Frazier

I am pleased that the conference office and our department were able to work on this together and come to a conclusion.

I am proud of our guys and am starting to see some positive things. Our guys are still playing hard, despite our record. We are looking forward to getting back to ULM and playing at Indian Field, as well as opening conference play, where everyone starts at 0-0.

He's not a back-slapping hail-fellow-well-met kind of guy, ... if you need someone to go to a press conference or to be on the Senate floor, he's always been there.

I don't like the idea of playing five conference games in a row.

I'd take 10 of him. He's a warrior. He's just a guy who's going to win you a lot of games. You look at the teams who go to the Elite Eight or the Final Four or the ones who win conference championships, and those teams have two or three guys like him.

I don't think finishing second or fifth is going to make a difference once you get to the conference tournament. In this league, everyone's the same. This was a road game. We didn't play well, but we can go out and win the next one.

I don't see how much else we could have done defensively. We stoned the No. 1 team in the conference for 63 minutes. Every time we needed a big play we got it. We were rocking.

Paul Elliott

As a team, I think we're right where want to be (entering the conference schedule). I'm happy with our effort so far.