Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bob Hill

You have to pick your poison with them. How many points did Bell have (23)? It's something you had to live with. I'd rather them take contested threes than get an easy shot at the basket inside.

Ben Howland

Tonight was just like our night. They missed some open shots. We didn't put a lid on the basket for their free throws.

We had a great half the last time up here, and we chipped away this time and got it back to where it was winnable. But you have to play flawless basketball at that point. You can't turn it over and give up easy plays.

We had a good first quarter. We could've led by more. A couple of our three-pointers rimmed the basket and bounced out.

This was the worst night we've ever had shooting the basketball. They played a zone and we just couldn't throw it in the ocean -- nobody, and we played 11 kids.

We felt great at halftime. We scored the first basket of the second half (but) we didn't really get the stops that we needed to maintain the lead that we had. They just slowly crept up on us and took the lead.

We got some good looks at the basket but didn't finish. It was a lack of execution. South played pretty well.

We got some fair looks right around the basket and couldn't convert them. (Jonesboro) completely made us get out of our game and rush things around.

Joe Johnson

We got out of what got us the lead. We settled for jump shots. I think we rely a lot on our offense to win basketball games. We tend to get away from our defensive scheme. It's hurt us.

We hung with them in the first eight minutes or so but couldn't hold on and just kind of fell off. When you get a lead like that, the basket gets bigger. Heath hit big shots and carried them the rest of the game.

We changed up our defense a little bit and the kids just really played together. We took it one basket at a time.

We certainly would like to have him back on our basketball team. But we have to take a look at everything when the season ends, that gets into money situations, roster spots, draft picks. We have to look at all the different things, so it's too early to tell anything.

We certainly respect those Sac State guys. They've got some really good players. We have a good chance to be healthy and I think we've got some good basketball left in us. We're real excited to play at home.

We controlled the glass, which was really positive. At least we've got a new problem. This time we rebounded the basketball but we just couldn't make a shot.

Joe Thompson

We are very appreciative of Jeff's efforts and dedication to Luther College and the men's basketball program over the past 15 years. Under Jeff's leadership, the men's basketball program has been competitive, continually displayed a high level of integrity, and enriched the lives of our student-athletes both on and off the basketball court.

Scottie Pippen

We're going to work on it, ... He wants to be good. He's always shown signs of being very talented and able to do a lot of things on a basketball court a man of his size usually can't do.

We're going to be an incredibly young basketball team, but sometimes that's fun, too. Sometimes they don't know what they're in for, so it's kind of fun to watch them go through that.

Bobby Jones

We're going into this to do our best, because this is our last go-round. The next time we lose, we won't be college basketball players anymore.

We're very fortunate because we're starting fall break tonight. Could you think about missing Wednesday, Thursday, Friday classes two weeks in a row? But, you know they do it in basketball and do it in other sports.

Very, very much disappointed. We have the best record in college basketball ... That?s who we deserve to play?

We feel really special to be part of the only basketball program in Lower Bucks County to win a district championship, this is a rare experience. This is truly special; every time I turn around, I can't believe it.

We feel like we're playing our best basketball of the season right now. This is a great accomplishment, but the kids are not satisfied. Fremont is a great team, but these kids want to win a sectional championship.

You don't know how much of a relief (it was). I thought our kids came out and relaxed. We lost a game (to St. John's) the other day when there was too much other crap running around out there. This time, they could just play basketball and not worry about other things.

You have to spend a lot of time at church prior to playing in the Spectrum. There's a lot of praying that needs to take place, and the basketball gods have to be with you.

You don't win a state championship last year and lose once this year if you're not a good basketball team, and that's what Great Bend is. We just struggled to make shots and free throws, and that's been a bugaboo for us all year.

Pat Summitt

You don't win a basketball game in the first half, but you certainly can lose one.

Fear. We couldn't catch the basketball cleanly and you don't have a chance when someone bobbles it and tries to shoot it because then you're going to eat it.

Steve Alford

Fans will see intense basketball and competitive games. It will be a great prelude to what will happen in the national tournament.

Fast break basketball is just like pick-up basketball, and we know how to play that.

Every time we make a basket or make a defensive stop they're erupting in the stands. That puts great energy into us and we just try to keep it going to keep them in the game.

Everything is new and it's exciting. (The team) still feels like they have work to do. We don't want them to go there and feel happy just to be there. We feel like we still have a lot of basketball to play.

There's other NCAA legislation out there that impacts how many games we can play, too. So our men's and women's basketball schedules are a work in progress.

There was a little frustration because of the mental errors, but I was really impressed with the kids fighting through that. Some teams would've given up in those situations, but they kept fighting, and I was really proud of them. They played some awfully good basketball tonight before that fourth quarter.