Steve Burtt
Steve Burtt
Steven Dwayne Burttis a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'2" point guard played in the NBA sporadically from 1984 until 1993. He also had an established playing career overseas. Born in New York, Burtt played high school basketball for Charles Evans Hughes before enrolling to Iona to play for the Gaels...
driving heads point prove
That was the driving force. That was in all of our heads and we wanted to prove a point and end that curse.
parting reality talk
That's the reality of it. We don't talk about it but it's in the back of our heads. We know we're parting ways.
guys
Guys are really down because we really believed.
corrects grammar
He's a grammar fanatic. He has a grammar fetish. He's the one who corrects everybody.
beat standing
But we're not going to let them beat us by just standing still. We're going to make them work.
against gave great message reckoned send team teams treated win year
This should send a message to the whole league. All year teams have come in against us and treated us like we weren't the No. 1 team and gave us their best. It's great to get a win like this and send a message that we're a team to be reckoned with.
basketball
It's just hard-nosed. Basketball with an attitude, so to speak.
beat great hall helping job playing team
They beat us to every punch. Seton Hall never let up on us at all. They did a great job of helping out and playing great team defense.
aggressive break falling grabbed grabbing guess mean toward tried
I tried to break my fall. Me and him were falling toward the ground, and as I grabbed him, I guess he thought I was grabbing him in an aggressive way and he tried to get aggressive, and he made us fall. I didn't want to let go because I didn't know what he'd do if I let go because he was really aggressive. I didn't mean to.
decisions driving helps movements time
With time you get to know somebody. You get to know their movements and you get to know where they're going to be. We're all comfortable with each other shooting, driving and making decisions on the court, and that helps us a lot.
compete felt game guys hearts played
We're really down. We felt it was a game we could compete in and really win. All our guys played our hearts out. The guys are really down because we really believed.
basketball hang include leave practice sort
We're like a family, us four. Brothers. It's not just basketball with us. We all hang out together. We come to practice together, we leave together, sort of do everything together. We include each other in everything we do.
unfinished
We still have unfinished business. We still feel like we have something to prove.
hard meant step team tough
They're a tough team and come out hard and play every night. They know how much (Anderson) meant to them, and they step up. They're the same team without him.