Doug Elgin
Doug Elgin
believe bids deserve game heart ncaa outcome position puts question six teams
The outcome of the championship game puts us in a position where I believe in my heart that we deserve and will get five. If there are a lot of at-large bids gobbled up by upsets, potentially we could get fewer, but I don't think there's any question that we have six teams right now that I think are NCAA Tournament-caliber.
accomplish best bunch coaches coming eight keeping kids mature midwest playing program programs schools sets state taking teams television together valley
We're keeping coaches in place. Dana Altman sets the example. He understands you can accomplish just as much at Creighton as you can at Big State U. His program has been in postseason play for eight consecutive seasons. And kids in the Midwest see Valley schools playing in sold-out arenas, taking on the best teams in the nation, and getting more television exposure. It's coming together for us. We're having a bunch of programs mature at the same time.
best definitely interest maryland
We definitely think it's not in our teams' best interest to go to Maryland for the money.
almost closer difference fairly mistake playing teams
They're closer than they've ever been. The difference between 5 and 13 is almost insignificant. You have a No. 13 in Bradley playing a No. 4 in Kansas. I don't think it's a mistake in the seeding. The teams were fairly evenly matched.
chair entitled proper question
They're entitled to their opinion. I don't think that's the proper forum, to take on the chair and question his integrity. In that situation, I think it was wrong, ... terrible.
elation four joy
There's a lot of joy and elation for those four teams.
evidence faith stronger
There's a preponderance of evidence that we're stronger than we've ever been. We have faith in the process.
buzz calls hear
There's a buzz when he makes those calls. I know when he calls one of our coaches, I hear about it.
apparently craig pointed slate wiped
As Craig Littlepage apparently pointed out, that slate is wiped clean.
basketball committee dilemma leave
So the dilemma the basketball committee has is this: If you don't take five, who do you leave out?
breath collective country entire holding scared silence total type
I think the entire country was holding its collective breath when she got hurt. I've never experienced that type of total silence there. It scared the daylights out of all of us.
games
I think there were two games in our tournament... that were elimination games.
among conference feeling reckoned selection talking truly
I think there's still a feeling that we're not for real among some of the talking heads. But I think we'll truly be a conference to be reckoned with on Selection Sunday.
emergence media programs starting tip tongue viewed
Nationally, I think you're starting to see an emergence of programs that may not be at the tip of the tongue of the media but are starting to be viewed very differently.