Devan Downey
Devan Downey
Devan Deangelo Downeyis an American professional basketball player...
beat supposed team
We didn't come to play and we got what we deserved. There's no way that team is supposed to beat us by 17 or 18 points. I'm disappointed in myself.
bigger forward looking year
They're never on TV. Every year they go to the NIT. They look forward to going to the NIT. I was looking for bigger things.
coffin shut somebody
Somebody was going to get their coffin shut tonight, and it wasn't going to be us.
gave referee trying
I was just trying to make a play. I didn't think he was set, but the referee gave him the call.
ahead besides four playing seniors
I think they need to go ahead and give it to him, just for recruiting. What are we playing, besides me, we have four seniors playing 20-plus minutes. And then there's me and (junior Cedric McGowan). You have to look to the future.
emotional watching win
I got emotional just watching them. I know one day my day is coming, I just wanted to win for them.
confidence game needed
I just needed a game to get my confidence back. We can't give up on each other.
carolina feeling gut south
I just had a gut feeling that South Carolina was the place for me.
anyone bob came excuses gave kicked leading lost ourselves proud
I'm so proud of our team, we've been through so much. I was proud we were able to come out and fight. We lost our leading scorer and our third- or fourth-leading scorer and we still came out and never gave ourselves any excuses from (the dismissal of Bob Huggins) to anyone getting kicked off the team. We never gave ourselves any excuses.
hurdles overcame proud tonight
I'm so proud of our team. We have been through so much together. We overcame a lot of hurdles all year. Even tonight we didn't give any excuses.
five hold looked saw seconds time took
I didn't know how much time was on the clock. I was going to hold it for one shot. Then I looked up and saw five seconds left, so I just took off with it.
east freshman lead room team trying
I can't be a freshman anymore. I'm trying to lead this team to the Big East championship. There's no room for freshman mistakes.
couple games gave last nobody playing ready step
He told me, 'You have to step up, you haven't been doing it, it's not the Devan I know.' But he used some different words. He had me ready to play. The last couple of games I've been playing bad, but nobody gave it to me like he gave it to me. I wanted to show up.
backs cincinnati couple decent fans fill good people screwed support thinks turn
The fans still support us, everyone thinks we got screwed a little bit. I think we'll have a decent crowd. We should fill up a couple of seats. I think the fans of Cincinnati are good enough people to support us and not turn their backs on us.