Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rasheed Wallace

We just couldn't make a shot. We had to buckle down and play some defense.

We just couldn't hit the ball. Defense wasn't there either. If you don't have defense or offense you definitely aren't going to come out ahead.

We just couldn't hit a shot and they pulled away. We played super defense but couldn't score.

We just couldn't get the offense rolling. We were dominating on defense in the first half, but we made a few a key turnovers at the wrong time and they turned it around.

David Schneider

We just couldn't get anything doing offensively in the first half. When we extended our defense to try to make something happen, we gave up some easy buckets.

We have a lot of good role players that play great defense and when you have kids that don't worry about their offense so much, it just makes the entire team better.

We played well and just took them out of it. We've been playing great defense ever since the Hoban game.

We played very well defensively. That's what we preach. We want to play defense and hit the boards.

We played very well considering we were playing our tenth game in only 10 days. Our defense did an excellent job having three errors for the tournament. In the championship game we did not make an error. Pitching was very good in all three games. Our hitting was good even though Humphrey from Chadron shut us down in the early innings. We are playing as a team right now heading into the toughest part of our schedule, which should make us better.

We played very hard defense all game. I think we just wore them down. We pressed the entire game and I think they just got tired.

We played very good team defense and that led to easy baskets in our transition game.

We hang our hat on our defense and tonight it saved us.

We had heard talk around the league that Erika is soft on defense because she didn't want to get in foul trouble. Well, she proved them wrong. She runs the floor with so much finesse, but she can be physical, too.

We had guys step in, but it definitely hurt our defense and it's great to have him back. I think having him back will make our defense a lot better.

We had a mental dysfunctional breakdown. It was not pretty. After game two, it was like another volleyball team was out there. The passing was terrible and our defense didn't keep us in the game.

We had a lot of opportunities to score tonight. We played much better defense in the second half.

We had a little more focus in the second half. Our defense was excellent. We held them to two field goals in the second half and our offense fed off our defense.

We had two options on that play. We were going to push it and see if we could find numbers and if we looked like we had a seam we were going to go play. I felt like if they had their defense set it was going to be hard for us to take a timeout and try to run something set.

Steve Alford

We had to win this thing with our defense because offensively ... the shot would just not drop for us tonight. We made enough key free throws down the stretch and we had some really key stops. I'm just really happy to get away with a win tonight.

Andy Williams

We had to take what the defense was giving us.

We had to put on a scramble defense but on this big floor it takes a toll. We exerted so much energy to get back. We got within one ... but we could never get over the hump.

We have a good offense, but we're trying to get better on defense because defense is what wins games. We've been focusing on defense and trying to get better.

We wanted to go to a smaller, quicker lineup to play man-to-man on defense and that got us back in the game.

We wanted to go out there and tell everybody that we have this great offense, but the defense can play, too. We went into the game looking for a 'W.' We'll leave the gauging to you guys.

We've gotten here with defense and the strength of our bench. It's hard for people to match up with us because we can throw a lot of different lineups at them.

We've got several kids who can score in a number of different ways. Once the tournament begins, we've got to stay sharp mentally and come ready to play good defense and rebound every night. We've got seven seniors on this team and we want them to go out on a positive note.

Jack Johnson

We've got Savage and our receivers should be good. The offensive line will take a little time. I think our defense is pretty solid. Our secondary is good.

Steve Alford

We've got a lot of upperclassmen, and they understand the importance of that end. Tonight was as good we've helped all year, and that's what good team defense does.

We have been waiting all year long for that to happen. Our defense was our offense early in the game. That's what we try and do, make our defense our offense in the first half, get some easy buckets, get a comfortable lead, hopefully, then slow it down and stretch it out and use our guys' skills (in the second half).

We have to play better defense. They got a lot of easy buckets because we didn't get back on breaks. It will have to be better than it was then.

Jim Boeheim

We have to play better defense. Our field-goal percentage defense is the worst it's been since I've been here. We've got to play better the rest of the way. There's still a lot of time. A lot can happen.

Maurice Cheeks

We have too many breakdowns. I think that we have to go back to the one, two, three of defense rotations, and getting guys in different positions. The only way that you can win games if you are relying on your offense night in and night out, is you have to outscore teams. We're not going to outscore teams, so our defense has to go back to the fundamentals of teaching positions.

We have to keep fighting, trying to find ways to win the game. As a team we know we can win games if we shoot in the 30s -- if we play defense like we did in the second half.