Bobby Lutz
Bobby Lutz
basketball becomes best certainly difficult future irrelevant leave miss sorry teammates wise wish
While I am sorry to see Mitch leave and we will certainly miss him, he has made a difficult but wise choice, ... There are times when basketball becomes irrelevant and this is one of those times. I and his teammates wish him the very best in his future endeavors.
besides challenge enjoy expected game guys knew nobody proving win
We knew nobody expected us to win that game besides us, and our guys enjoy the challenge of proving everyone wrong.
created degree lesser mind monster positive seen
To a lesser degree than Cincinnati, we've created a monster that our expectations are NCAA. ... I don't mind that. It's a little unfortunate that the NIT is not seen as a positive thing.
cincinnati doubt fans happy
While the team's still happy we're playing, I don't know if our fans are. But there's no doubt that (playing) Cincinnati makes it a little more intriguing.
last played team
We're a better team right now, the way we've played the last 10 games.
against andy job quite reality seem seems time worry
It doesn't seem quite right, having been against him so many times. It's reality and unfortunately it's part of this business. It seems weird. At the same time I can't worry about that, I have to worry about Andy and the job he's done.
based prior
I thought they'd be an 11 or 12, based on prior history.
gets limited rode worn
I think we've just worn him out because we rode him so hard. It's limited his mobility. He gets worn out in the games, but we have to have him in the game.
expect game hard impressed incredibly people sure tape watched
I'm sure a lot of people didn't expect the game to be this close. But I had watched a lot of tape of Duquesne and I was incredibly impressed by them, particularly with how hard they've been playing.
ask call foul guys lee referee saw tangled threw trying until
I saw the guys get tangled up and Lee was trying to get free. I didn't see it all. The referee said Lee threw an elbow. You need to ask them. Technically they can't use (the replay) to call a foul. They said they already had the foul on the floor, but I never saw it signaled until after they went to the monitor.
again cincinnati crunch inability inside line ncaa plays shots stepped tournament
Our inability to make shots inside the 3-point line showed up again tonight. We made some plays defensively, but they stepped up at crunch time. I think Cincinnati should have been an NCAA Tournament team.
given good grace great guys handled obviously six tremendous
Given the circumstances, I think he's handled it with tremendous grace and also with great competitiveness. They obviously don't have the depth, but they have talent. Their five, six guys that play a lot are good players.
game happy needed obviously past week win
We're obviously happy to win a game after what we've been through over the past week or so. We needed this.
certainly doubt player players role step takes touches win
He's a big-body guy. He takes up a lot of space, and he's very active. When he touches the ball, he's able to corral it. There's no doubt he contributed in that game. That's the kind of player it takes to win the tournament. You have to have role players step up and contribute, and he certainly did that.