Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Pat Summitt

We have a mutual respect for this game and working with young people, not just on the basketball court but to see these young women become confident and successful in career opportunities beyond basketball.

We need to keep our focus for 40 minutes and we're not doing that right now. A basketball game is all about ups and downs, peaks and valleys, and we can't have so many deep valleys.

We need to improve throughout the year. With us, it's all about taking care of the basketball.

We couldn't buy a basket inside the paint.

We could never make that run offensively. We couldn't ever get any continuity offensively because of turning the basketball over.

We know that we're playing a great basketball team and that we're certainly going to have our work cut out for us. But I'm looking forward to going back and playing an old rival all over again.

Tom Robinson

We have two basketball players. The other kids are athletes. In an up-and-down game, hopefully, our athleticism can take over.

Pat Summitt

We have to win that basketball game to have a chance to win the league, and that's still our goal.

We just didn't get the shots up that we needed to get up and you just cannot do that at the varsity level. You're just not going to get away with that. We have to do a better job taking care of the basketball and then on the offensive side, executing and getting some movement in the offense and giving it a chance to get into a flow.

We just didn't come through as far as taking care of the basketball and rebounding. That was a big thing for us.

We played pretty good basketball today. East fought hard and couldn't get some shots to fall early and sometimes that sets the tone.

We played our worst half since I've known these seniors. I've coached them since third grade and I challenged those seniors at halftime. Greenland basketball is about tradition and they see that each day with the banners on the gym wall.

We played our game and I'm confident we're going to win when that happens. I don't think it's arrogance, I just feel that we have good basketball players.

We played one of our worst basketball games that night. After getting out to a 10-point lead, we lost sight of our goals and objectives.

We came out intense and aggressive, ... That was one of the best first quarters I've seen from an Ionia basketball team.

We came out and played well, distributed the basketball and got everyone involved. That was a huge key for us. Defensively, we did a nice job on helping out on Albers in the first half. She is a big strong girl, and I thought we did a nice job of helping on her.

Jimmy Smith

We had our chances. We just would get a run and then make mental mistakes. But (Clinton's) a well-coached basketball team with some good players.

We had our best half of basketball all year. Our defense was outstanding. We started to go a little individual in the second half.

We had opportunities to win the game tonight, we just didn't capitalize. It wasn't one opportunity. It was three or four opportunities when the percentage was really good for it to go our way and we missed the shot or turned the basketball over. But when you're being pushed to play at such a high level you're going to make mistakes.

We had one of those nights in basketball where we went stone cold for three-quarters of the game, and we couldn't really score ... we just couldn't score. I don't really want to say we played that horribly without giving Miami's defense credit, because they played pretty good. It was just one of those nights. It happens to you now and then in coaching, but give Miami's zone defense credit.

We have the utmost respect for Penn State. When you beat Texas Tech, you are a pretty good basketball team.

We were going to try something different on him but then we decided we weren't going that route. We stayed in zone. Every time they needed a basket he made it.

We were getting beat by scores like 126-9 and 117-11, so we were probably the worst basketball team in the state of Ohio and I wasn't good enough to start for that team. I figured it was time to try another sport.

We were so worried about Allan and getting back to the hotel and making sure he was OK. Then we spoke about it as a team. I don't think our confidence went down. We were just disappointed we did not play Villanova basketball for 40 minutes.

We had to put some pressure on them and turn it into a basketball game again. Once we did that, we got some things accomplished.

We have all been competing since we were 5 years old. He was the one taking us everywhere and he coached us. I remember playing one-on-one basketball all the time with him growing up.

We have a great girls and guys track program and cross country program, too. We want to be known as a school that's well rounded. You can do a lot things there besides play football. Basketball happens to be one of them, but we've got a nationally renowned speech and debate team, too.