Brian Collins
Brian Collins
came heart
It was all heart tonight. It was a gut-check and they came through.
beat final hearts kids meant played seed sending statement
We beat the No. 1 seed (UC-Clermont) to get here to the Final Four, so that's sending a statement out there. The kids played their hearts out. It just wasn't meant to be.
everybody free heart hit hustled loose stands throws win
We were scrappy. We hustled for every loose ball. If we hit free throws we win going away, without everybody in the stands having a heart attack.
living relieved
I'm relieved that he's living, Disappointed that he's convicted.
kept passes silly throwing
I kept saying, 'We need to make our run. We just couldn't make a shot. We made silly passes and kept on throwing it away.
atlantic compared conference defense difference good level line past playing waiting
They are good on-ball defenders, but once you get past that first line of defense they have seven-footers down there waiting on you. It's a big difference when you're playing on this level compared to playing in a mid-major conference like the Atlantic Sun.
dribble pass tried
We tried to dribble through it. We weren't getting through, so we tried to pass through it and it still wasn't there for us.
drew front good knee played tonight win
Drew cramped up and Netter got a knee in the thigh. They played through it. They wanted to win tonight in front of a good crowd.
free key match missed shooting throws
We didn't match up well underneath. Our perimeter shooting is non-existent. We missed some key free throws down the stretch.
introduce nobody team
Being the first team ever, nobody can take that away from us. We're going to come back 25 years from now, and they'll introduce us at halftime.
deficit hold points team
To be down by that deficit and to hold that team to 35 points in the first half, we thought, OK, we've got them where we want them.
backs miles plan traffic
A plan should be implemented before traffic backs up for miles and miles.
abundance caused great last ocean problems wildlife
Last year, with the great abundance of rain, we had a lot of runoff into the ocean and that caused a lot of problems with wildlife populations.
calm pressure run seen start took
They had us way out of whack. We wanted to do some things (during OSU-Mansfield's 17-4 run to start the game), but it took us a while to calm down because we haven't seen pressure like that.