Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've got two starters out right now so maybe we'll pick it up when we get everyone back and get into our starting combination. We've got to get in a groove before we open conference action.

We've got two conference games left and Hope has one. You never know what will happen.

We all know it, just no one's said it. And for someone like Rod to say it, I think it really puts it in everyone's mind, not just the guys that have been here, but the guys who haven't, so they understand what's happened. We're in a tough conference in the AFC, and AFC West. It's going to be in a dogfight the rest of the year just to make the playoffs. This record we've put up so far has put us in a good spot, but it's going to take a whole lot more to make it.

There is disappointment and frustration any time you go out early in your conference tournament, a tournament we felt good about doing very well in. But we still have an opportunity to play for an outstanding championship.

There is a lot of preparation to be done. Some are just trying to get better for the conference meet. There are five or six key things some others need to do to get ready for nationals, and that may or may not happen.

Tommy Bowden

The opportunities he had to perform, he performed well. Those tests he passed, but that's not a lot of tests in this conference at that level of competition.

Two conference wins - we'll take them any way we can. We just battled back, chipped away and were able to score some more runs.

We had a great finish last year. We finished No.43, and we didn't make the tournament. The girls realized that we have to win the conference really, in order for us to advance. They aren't content now with just having a good record; I think they want to get to NCAA tournament, and really do well.

Jack Wilson

We had a good season, we had fun, we won the Mason-Dixon Conference championship. But after that, we got on with the rest of our life.

We just have to take it one game at a time. It will help prepare us for the other three conference games we have on the road.

We as seniors have to tell the guys to keep their heads up. We are still tied for the conference lead. But our next few games are not going to be a cakewalk.

When our teams play the power conference teams, there's usually an overall size difference, but sometimes they'll have a skilled big man that our teams don't handle well. You don't see it as much anymore, but then that was a concern.

We will have a better team for sure next year. And it won't be only from the conference perspective, but from the national one as well. I think we definitely have a shot at fielding one of the top 15, and at least one of the top 20, teams in the country.

We would be a strong member in any conference that would see fit to have us. We'd be very honored to have that opportunity. (The Mid-Con) has institutions that are like ours. We will watch carefully.

We knew it was going to be a tough one. We come into the season wanting to be conference champs and the guys have gotten better and better as the season has gone on.

Chris Johnson

We knew it was going to be a great game. We got them at our place; they got us at theirs -- that's even up. That makes the next two pretty important, being I-8 conference games. We knew what we needed to do to stop them, but we didn't do a good job with what our game plan was.

We kept our composure. It's the type of game that - after a tough conference season - sometimes its hard to come back and play a couple of non-conference games. Once we saw we were ranked, that gave your guys a little extra incentive.

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.

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.

Over the summer she worked really hard. I'm looking for big things from her. I think she'll show do fine in conference play.

Our preparation and focus is to get ready for the Big Ten. Our record is 0-0 in the conference and that's our mentality right now.

Our plan is to get ourselves ready for the conference schedule with these early games.

Our team?s focus has been pretty good (during the conference season). They?re keeping things in perspective.

Our team isn't thinking about the NCAA Tournament. We want to win our conference championship.

Billy Donovan

Our starters didn't play a lot of minutes, and it was good to see us score as many points as we did with those guys not playing. For our team right now, playing this midweek game before getting back into the (Southeastern) conference at Tennessee (Saturday) was good for us.

Our schedule is very challenging. The early portion of the schedule will help us to identify our strengths and weaknesses and better prepare for the most important part of our season the conference schedule. Obviously, we want to become as successful as possible. We also want to improve and develop as much as possible as we go along.

Our schedule does not give us any breaks, especially early on. We wanted it that way to get our guys ready for conference play.

Our schedule allows us to play our traditional local rivals, as well as some national powers, before we get into the conference schedule, ... We travel to Duke and Virginia Tech, play a full slate at the Garden and play in the Holiday Festival. This will give St. John's fans a great opportunity to follow our team, which features a lot of new faces this year.

Our rivalries are the conference games. But as far as trying to determine who's king of the hill, the Patriots are the king.

Our focus has been on winning the conference title.

Our goal is just to get the next win. Our goal was to get one conference win and now we're searching for that next win. We need to be eager and get better every day.