Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's a nicer presentation than a basket with a box of diapers and stuff in it. It's just a different way to give that.

It's a huge stepping stone for this program to get that elite level where Washington basketball is mentioned with everyone else in the country.

It's a little bit like that. As a basketball fan, it's fun to watch. He's a great player.

I told them one basket at a time, one stop at a time. It?s not necessarily how you start, its how you finish.

Brian Scalabrine

I told you. I told you a long time ago he was a winner. He's just a winning basketball player.

Karl Hobbs

They're an improved basketball team. They're really playing within themselves. I think Coach (John Giannini) has done a great job of not letting opponents get comfortable. They do different things depending on who they play. We're going to have to execute well and have to be able to think on our feet.

They're big and strong. They have a couple of good big men around the basket and with their experienced guards, this should be a very good game.

Vince Carter

They're a young team, ... They play really hard and keep coming. We just wanted to continue to play as hard and just a little longer. We were fortunate to get what we wanted at the end, which was a basket and a win.

They're a good defensive team. We struggled getting good looks at the basket early on. We picked it up and got better looks in the second half.

They're a good basketball team. It's always tough to play down at Calhoun.

It's a tremendous environment for a home team. It's a tremendous environment for a college basketball game, period.

Cuttino Mobley

It was fun in Sacramento, man. The way they played basketball was great. It's a great place for a family, a great place when it comes to unselfish team basketball. Those guys really pass the ball, really work with each other.

It was definitely a huge step forward for us. Our goal the entire season was to get to conference and play good basketball (there). We still have a lot of improvement to do, and we have a long way to go. But we definitely are much more comfortable playing together as a team.

It was really a hard-fought, physical game. It was a fun game to coach. It didn't end well and the kids took it very hard, but it was a good basketball game.

David Thomas

It was quite a high school basketball game. If I had been a fan, I would have found it to be a very entertaining game.

Randy Jones

It was the first time in my life I had cried over basketball. My wife, Lorrie, told me to keep my head up, look to God and everything would be OK.

It was the best game. I didn't think I would ever get back to Louisville, and I didn't care because I was in basketball hog heaven. It was a great game, and they have a great program.

It was the kind of winning basketball play we've made frequently of late.

It was really surreal. I had some family members there. I felt like I got the monkey off my back and I don't have to worry about that pressure any more. All of the hard work paid off that I put in with my dad. My Uncle Gabe played here and my grandmother Mary Louise played basketball. I come from a basketball family.

It was a very positive game tonight. I think that proves to me and to a lot of people that this basketball team is heading in the right direction, and is probably good enough on any given night to beat some of the best teams in the region.

It was a very disappointing loss. We didn't do what we needed to do down the stretch for us to win the basketball game. Creighton did.

It was a really hard-fought college basketball game.

Mike Woods

It was a well-played basketball game: they did some nice things with the ball but I didn't think our defense was that bad. We played with a lot of emotion and a lot of intensity but we were fatigued at the end.

Charles Smith

It was a very, very intense crowd (at the volleyball match), and it will only be bigger for basketball and even bigger for football next year.

It was a very special day for those two young ladies. It was very important for this basketball program to get a win for them.

Mike Thibault

It was a very rugged basketball game for long stretches. Bodies flying everywhere ... a lot of fouls ... but we kept our poise at the end. We played good enough defensively at the end of the game to win.

Jim Calhoun

It was a terrific, terrific win in a very hostile basketball atmosphere. We got the ball where we wanted to most of the time. ... The difference in the game was our power inside.

It was a terrific game - one that was completely different than the 5-on-5 stuff. It was hard to hide somebody when there was only three people on each side of the court. Lots of one-on-one basketball and some pick-and-rolls - that's about it.

It was a tale of two halves. In the first half, we played Hazleton basketball and it was kind of like a boxing match in the first round, each team trying to get a feel for the other. Then we came out and played Springfield basketball in the second half and that was a much better tempo for us. We picked up the intensity on defense and got the ball inside on offense." ()

It will greatly enhance the state boys and girls high school basketball tournaments, NCAA basketball tournaments that UNM plans to host, plus other events like concerts and shows.

It was impossible to get back during the basketball season, and I have to be able to do that. That's my priority at this point.

It's a very tough place to play because they play very well at home. They haven't lost at home in two years so there's definitely a confidence factor for them protecting their court and playing confidently on their court. And all good college basketball teams are supposed to be that way. They've taken their home court and ran with it.

John Jay

It's a conclusion of a marvelous career of an honorable man. Everything good about college basketball is in Dick Bennett.