Donald Copeland
Donald Copeland
brings great perfect player time worked
Yeah, it would have been nice. Any time you get to play with a player of Randy's caliber, it would be great because he brings so much to the table. He made his decision, and it worked out perfect for him.
both great speak talking
We speak to each other practically every day. After I got done talking with my father, Dwayne called me and congratulated me. It would have been great if we were both going.
conference deal four gets great respect shows teams
Any conference that gets four teams here shows you how competitive it is. We've got a great deal of respect for that.
character coaches deal expected great hear season shown shows team work
All season you hear the doubters, you know what's expected of you. You work through it. This team has shown a great deal of resilience. It shows the character of this team the coaches and the players.
early forgot happened loss moved team time
We moved on from that loss a long time ago. It happened early on in the season, we're a different team now. We really forgot about it.
built strong tonight
We feel we've built a strong enough resume. You can't let tonight take that away.
finished key regular seven strong top wins year
We feel we have a strong enough resume. We finished in the top seven in our league. We had key wins this year ... you can't take anything away from what we did in the regular season.
built finished key seven strong tonight top wins
We feel we built a strong enough resume. We finished top seven in our league, we got some key wins down the stretch. You can't let tonight take that away.
anybody confidence everybody focusing opens pressure seen start takes worry
I've never seen that in college. It opens up so many things. Anybody can start their offense. It takes a lot of pressure off of you. You have the confidence that everybody is not focusing just on you because they have to worry about your teammates.
bad good win
We didn't play as well as we usually have been playing, but it's a win. We're on the road. If you can play bad and win on the road, you're a pretty good team.
anybody coming guys needs places regardless saying
Sometimes guys are coming from places where they're not used to anybody saying anything to them. Regardless of how anybody's going to take it, when you feel like something needs to be said, you just say it.
game next
Every game is more important for us now to get to the N.C.A.A. tournament. We didn't get this one and it really hurt. So we really got to get the next one.
best defensive expecting losing offensive win wind
You go in expecting to win the game, and you wind up losing and losing by 20. It wasn't our best defensive or offensive day. We didn't have it today.
anxious name nervous stomach suspense turn
You always get nervous and anxious when your name is not called. There's all this suspense and then they went through two brackets and we weren't called. My stomach started to turn a little.