Famous Quotes & Sayings

We needed the win against Center and we need the same type of intensity we played with then tonight against Tatum.

O. Henry

We needed some momentum and a game to get back some confidence. Southern Miss is a great team. To come out tonight and play well against them and beat a team like that, it was huge for us.

We needed more shots to go in the basket in the first and second quarters. We had some good looks. We've been making them all year. The bottom line is when you get good looks against a good team, you have to knock them down.

We need to find a way to manufacture goals. One goal won't cut it against North.

We need to fight hard against a good, patient team like Washington State.

We never got our head clear from the first storm. Right now, we're just three weeks into the apartment here, and now we've got to root ourselves up and travel down the highway again to run from another one.

We never give him any support it seems, especially against Baltimore. He did well the whole game, he's been looking pretty good so that's a good sign for us.

We never gave up. We kept working hard against a very good team.

We never felt like we were out of the game. But their defense forced a lot of turnovers. You can't turn the ball over 32 times against a team as good as Barton and expect to win.

We need to work at consistency under pressure at all spots, especially at doubles. That's where we broke down against Center Grove. We were under more pressure with both the doubles matches.

We need tough competition to race against to get us ready for the last part of the season.

We need to take care of business against Wakefield to give ourselves a chance in the final. We can't be looking ahead.

We need extra time to prepare the affidavit, and to prepare the appeal against the corruption case.

We needed to take the ball inside against the zone. I thought we did a better job of that in the second half.

Tom Johnson

We needed to shoot more in this game then we did in our last game against Belmont, and the team came through. We have some tough games ahead, but if we keep playing the way we did tonight, we can win these next two games.

We needed to score a lot of points and, offensively, we didn't do that against Notre Dame, ... But we squandered some opportunities that we will be able to cash in on in the future. It is our job to score enough points to win every game, even if it means scoring 100, so we can't worry about what is going on with our defense. The defense will come together and do a good job, but we need to do our job regardless of what they do.

We needed to pull off one game against a good team to show everyone we could do it. We're doing some new things on offense, and trying different defenses. Hopefully it all pulls together and we can go on a winning streak.

We needed to play Maryville. I don't want to sound like I was pulling for one conference team over another in the semifinals but it's true. Our guys were disappointed we didn't get the No. 1 seed and I told them 'look guys you need to understand that's the best case for us because being No. 2 sets us up to beat Fisk and Maryville again and improve our quality of wins index.

We needed to play good and win or we'd go home. We're going to have to turn around and do it again tomorrow night.

We needed to make some adjustments defensively. I didn't like the looks Altoona was getting. I thought whoever did make a run first in the third quarter, it was going to be critical and they looked like they getting ready to put one together against us.

We needed to have patience in terms of looking for high-percentage shots. Against a zone, they're strongest off those first four or five passes. Sometimes we'll get a little impatient if we've passed the ball four or four times and haven't shot yet. If you take your time, reverse the basketball, get 15-20 passes, you're going to get a good look against a zone because they start getting tired, they start losing some of that mental focus.

Joe Nieuwendyk

We needed to get off to a good start, and that's as good as it gets. But just like we put the losses behind us, we've got to put this behind us too. We've got to get ready for a tough game against Montreal (on Thursday).

We needed to get off to a better start. This game was much different than the one against Twin Lakes. There was a lot of tough man-to-man defense and apparently they weren't fouling. We had our chances, but we didn't hit the open shot when we needed it most.

We needed to do a much better job at knowing where (Delarosa) was at all times because she can bury the 3-pointer. But we still have to understand that you can't have lapses against good teams.

John Butler

We needed to come ready to play from the get-go. We played spotty hockey, and you can't do that against a team like Leominster.

We needed to build back our confidence. Dakota Wesleyan is a rival, and they always bring it hard against us, so this is a huge win.

We needed to attack offensively and we didn't do that very well. I didn't think we moved very well. We were hesitant to shoot. Our kids didn't play with a lot of confidence on the offensive end. Against Huron, you have to pressure them on both sides of the ball.

We know (Virginia Tech), but we don't. We have played against them in the past, but they have changed a lot. They have a new coach and they run a new offense. We have changed a lot, too.

Daniel Alfredsson

We know they're going to be a tough test. They're a strong team, they've got a lot of speed. We've had tough games against them all year and this should be a good series.

We know they're a very good 3-point shooting team. We know we're a good defensive team. We played a game against (Champaign) Centennial at our place flat. Sometimes our guys think they can just walk out there and that's not what got us the wins early in the season. Tonight I think was one of the better overall efforts we've had in a while.

Jim Calhoun

We know they have a very good defensive team. We know they hung tough against Villanova. We're looking forward to going down there and not having a letdown. We have much bigger fish to fry.

We know they have a great history and we respect them. It?s just two basketball teams that will be going after it. We?re going to finds ways to score against them.

Rodney Harrison

We know the whole world is against us, basically, and people want us to lose, people want to see us fall. But that's fine. That's just the way it is.