Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jay Wright

That was a great college basketball game. We were very fortunate to get out of here with the win.

That was a great college basketball game there. Great environment. I told our guys, 'You live for opportunities like this, to have a chance to play in an environment and championship, the right to play in one of the most prestigious sporting events of all time, the NCAA basketball tournament.

That was a great college basketball game that was played. I am so proud of our guys, and they can't look back and say, 'If only I would have tried a little harder.' They did. They gave it everything that they had.

Jay Wright

That was a great college basketball game. It's difficult to take but we have to. It's part of life and you move on. We have to win the next one that's what's on our minds now.

That was a great basketball team we played. To give you an idea ... that team won the Big West Conference and there are five teams from that conference here (at the national tournament).

John Beilein

That was a great basketball game. Their tempo is incredible. No one had pushed us at that pace all year.

That was a great basketball game. I thought our kids played with energy and purpose from start to finish. But so did our opponent. It was a great game to be a part of.

Roy H. Williams

That was a fun basketball game. If you didn't care who won, you had to enjoy that. The problem is we care deeply whether you win or lose. But I'm really proud of my team.

Eddie Jordan

That was certainly playoff basketball by the Cavaliers. It wasn't playoff basketball by the Wizards. My team (is) not playing the way they were supposed to play. That hurt us. It's a problem we have to correct. Our team didn't have the body language. We didn't have unselfish play. We were undisciplined. We lost our focus.

That was big. We got down by one, but that basket was big. Plus she made the free throw.

That was one of the best halves of basketball I've seen in the five years I've been coaching.

Tom Izzo

That was our best basketball game in maybe a couple years. This was close to a perfect game.

That was just a great high school basketball game. People got their money's worth tonight.

That was an unbelievable college basketball game. You won't see anything better on TV, that's for sure.

Jim Les

That was an awfully good basketball team we played. And I think in order to win this game, we had to play our 'A' game. The reason we didn't is because of what they do and how they play.

That's the way basketball is sometimes. They hit shots and we didn't hit shots. Sometimes basketball is that simple.

That's the toughest environment I've ever been in for college basketball. To see that many people in that environment so quiet, it was priceless.

That's the worst half of basketball I can ever remember playing in 21 years. I'd really have to think if there was one worse than that. It was just horrible.

That's the way our basketball team needs to play. That's the style we've chosen to play. We're not as fast maybe as we've been in the past, but when you've got big guys, that's the way it works.

Jay Harrington

That's the real key to this team. It's the most unselfish group of kids I have ever been around. They all put the team first and they care about each other. It's a very special basketball team in that way.

That's the passion and the pride we play with, it's just about competing. I wanted them to show they are basketball players, not point guards or power forwards, but basketball players.

That surprised a lot of people, that I chose basketball because I was technically more successful at track. Basketball was just something I felt I could improve on.

Billy Donovan

That's the one thing that's been great about our basketball teams over the years -- they've earned their way in. Now, we've got to make something happen.

That's what I knew when I was being recruited. Just her impact on women's basketball ... it's something you will always have to appreciate, even though you weren't a part of it.

That's been our lineup since the preseason. When you take a cog out of that, it kind of throws everything off and put us off-balanced. We came out in the second half and played some basketball with our starting five.

That's been our bread-and-butter all year long. We knew that in order for us to be a good basketball team, we were going to have to focus on getting the ball inside to Hammonds and Doyle. We've been pretty successful in doing that.

That's a very, very good basketball team we lost to tonight. We struggled at times, but our guys played hard. It wasn't our effort that hurt us. Central just had too many weapons. Every time we made a run at them, they had an answer.

That's a very fine basketball team, a well-coached team, but our kids never quit. That's what I'm most proud of.

I was really happy with the way the girls played, in spite of the outcome. It seemed that we couldn't buy a basket in the late going but still, I think it's the best we've shot all season.

I was pretty proud with that effort at the foul line and how we took better care of the basketball down the stretch. Our decision making was much improved, too.

I was pretty nervous. What was weird about it was I'm used to playing basketball year-round.

I was proud of our team's effort. The Florida basketball team presents many problems.

I was proud of our guys to withstand that and to scratch and claw back into the game. This is one of the top environments in college basketball for a home team.