Famous Quotes & Sayings

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The past two games have been a huge confidence boost. After we lost two games on the road, we had a sense of urgency because we knew the conference is going to get tougher and tougher as we go.

That was huge, a sophomore on the mound. You go on the road for the first conference game, and he comes up big for us.

That was a very impressive win for Blackhawk last week. They've gotten better and better each game. Blackhawk is so well coached, there's no way there would be a letdown. In the conference we play in you have to be ready each week.

That win was very critical for us. We obviously want to be in it till the end in the conference race. You have to get some wins. That's not easy, especially in this conference, but that's why it's an honor to play in the Big Ten.

That will be a good test or us a big conference game at home.

That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad.

We have a much tougher schedule this year than in years past. I have focused on playing as many ranked teams as possible. Our conference schools have become much more competitive this year. We do not have any walkover matches.

We have two games left, but we want to keep on winning. We don't want to go into the conference and region tournaments on a downfall.

We have to understand that what we did in preseason meant nothing in conference and what we did in conference is not going to determine the outcome of this game. Everybody is even keel. We've got to play ourselves into the regional tournament and anything can happen.

We played one of the top teams in the conference. They're very skillful. They have the returning conference Player of the Year (Cornelius) and three other all-conference players.

We can still win our conference if we win out, but it's going to be tough.

We'll provide Mountain West Conference content in every way possible.

We have the swagger to prove to the conference that we're good enough to win it. We feel like we can be the Duke of the mid-majors.

We have the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. How we do there determines what we get in the regional tournament. Hopefully we can keep it going.

We have the next couple of weeks to work on some things before the conference tournament. We will be able to take a few lessons from these two matches and see what we can do at the tournament.

We were here last week. I am really proud of this team. We were picked sixth and won the conference. We made it to the finals of the conference tournament. I think habit is a big part of the game. We go through routines as a team. We know the facility. We know the locker rooms better than anyone. We know the altitude. We hope to get fans from the conference. We feel really comfortable here.

We've known for the last couple months that the road to the (American) Conference Finals goes through Gwinnett. And now we have our chance. It should be a great series.

Mike Brady

We're where we want to be. We've played a tough schedule. We won our conference and if we want to win state, we have to go through Carmel. If we play with intensity for 80 minutes, and I mean a full 80 minutes, we can play with them.

We're waiting to see what happens in the conference committee.

Usually the conference meet comes down to how you qualify for the finals in the running events. For the most part, we did pretty well. There was one event where I thought we should've qualified and didn't. But for the most part, the kids I expected to be in the top eight, they were.

Jack Donovan

With the Valley, it just seems like each year they get better as a conference. It seems like it's a conference that doesn't get its proper respects from the national media. But it's a terrific conference and has super high-caliber basketball. Absolutely, there's a lot of excitement with this year's tournament.

We have had a tough schedule these first twelve games, with the level of play we've seen. That's only going to help us get better and be better players come conference time.

We have had a rough road recently. We are now 5-2 in the conference and have our 11th win. This will be our 20th year with a winning record so we are proud of that. The kids have worked hard and I think this five game stretch is going to help us in the long run.

Miami wasn't in a conference at that time. Miami was an independent,

Who knows what's going to come out of the trustees' conference call?

When the (Big 7) was formed, it was considered to be a power conference. It's lived up to its billing. It's been our most difficult conference to win because every team is good.

Bob Thomason

You listen to that all year. Digger Phelps said he saw the Missouri Valley Conference and said it was 'sorry.' He said that all year.

Where we're standing currently in the conference doesn't mean anything. It's too early to throw in the towel -- it's one weekend of many weekends that's left to play.

I think it will be tight race. Every conference game is really going to matter.

It hasn't been done since I've been here, so it's a big deal. To win the first Big 7 Conference title is a huge accomplishment.

I think this team understands what the Big Ten conference is all about. It's pretty tough to say we're going to win a Big Ten title with Michigan returning but we expect to be in the thick of it.

I'm sure after the Shore Conference (Tournament), everyone thought we were a joke. We take things for granted a lot of times. I think we do better as underdogs.