Quotes about conference
conference days game people played players playing positive ready typical
This was a typical game for us after 19 days off. We experimented by playing a lot of people and all 11 players who played got in at least 10 minutes. That is a positive for us as we get ready for conference play.
conference happy
Tom Johnson We're very happy to be 2-0. We haven't been that in the conference for years.
conference final leading weekend year
Every year it comes down to the final weekend in conference play for us. That's why every conference weekend is important for us leading up to the end.
conference easy game rest
There's not an easy game the rest of the way. Our conference is pretty competitive.
conference experience games juniors team
Mark Watson There's not a team in the conference that has 15 sophomores and juniors who have 10 games of varsity experience.
conference press
What was she thanking her for? Sheehan does a press conference every day,
conference ready tough whatever
We just had a tough schedule. What we went through in our conference made us ready for whatever was going to come.
conference paperwork sign soon together
We are doing a mini-bidding conference on May 19 and, thereafter, as soon as we can put the paperwork together we'll sign the deals.
conference favor ncaa tournament
Like every team, we want to go to the NCAA tournament. Our seeding for the conference tournament is very important, as is the way you're playing. Hopefully, we'll have those in our favor when it counts.
conference night plus senior situation tournament work
Andy Kennedy We're going in there on Senior Night and a must-win situation for them. We have more work that has to be done. We have two opportunities plus the conference tournament to get that done.
conference fight good players teams
We're not crazy, we know that teams in this conference are going to fight back tooth-and-nail. They've got good players and they did that.
conference finish half middle season second win
If we had lost, it would have put us back in the middle of the pack. So this is a big win for us. Now, we've got to go on and finish the second half of the conference season strong.
conference following forward holding national notebooks park press reporters visiting wilderness
Gale Norton I look forward to visiting a national park and not holding a press conference in there. I look forward to being able to contemplate the wilderness without having reporters and their notebooks following me.
conference great group hurts work
I have a great group of kids. This hurts us for conference contention, but we can still go out there and work for other achievements.
conference key responsibility
Stephane Dion I have a responsibility for this conference that is key for the planet. Period,
conference confident continue extremely plate seems stepped trend
Cheney has really stepped up for us offensively. She seems extremely confident up at the plate and if she can continue that trend in conference we should be successful.
conference expect hunt three
By all means, we are not out of the hunt with three losses. It is a 15-game conference season, and we expect to be back in the race.
conference game georgia good leading rebound running stops team
Georgia is the leading team in the SEC, in conference play, in steals. We have to be smart. We need to rebound the ball, get a good running game going and get stops on defense.
conference east face game hinges knew rich schedule tough work
(Hillcrest) already has Rich East out of the way, and we still have them down the line, ... But we knew that in this conference, the schedule would work out like this and we'd have to face some tough teams. I think the conference hinges on every game from here on out.
conference possibly records time
Chauncey Billups I don't think so. It's going to be a long time before we even possibly see each other (in the conference finals), and even if we do, our records will be 0-0.
conference fall good handled pick pressure putting
I don't think I look at myself as all-around because we go as a team. If I had to pick out a point, it would be on bars, definitely. There was a fall and then there was a conference and having the pressure of putting on a good routine, I think that I handled the pressure really well.
conference outside realistic shot winning
I don't really know if anybody's got a realistic shot at winning the conference outside of Mascoutah.
conference difficult four somebody team win
Lute Olson I don't know if somebody could win four in a row. There isn't a team in the conference that can't win one or two games. But it would be difficult to win four straight.
conference die four game kids last win
I didn't tell our kids this, but this wasn't a do or die game for us. We had to win two of our last four to get a bye (in the conference tournament) and now we've got to win two of three.
conference great missouri ncaa state underrated valley
Rick Pitino Missouri State is a great team. We now know how the Missouri Valley Conference is underrated and probably Creighton and Missouri State should be in (the NCAA Tournament).
conference gym hang players section wins
One of the things I've done is take our players into the gym where they hang up banners for every sport that wins a conference or section title. I tell the kids, 'Look around. Do you see anything for football?' There's nothing.
conference goals hard work
One of our big goals is to be conference champions. We're going to have to work hard to get where we want to be.
conference control destiny half means obviously second sweep win
Obviously we want to win every game. If you sweep the first half of the conference that means you control your destiny in the second half.
conference good ourselves push race ready separate state trying win
Obviously, we wanted the win to separate ourselves in the conference race. But we're trying to get a good push to get ready for the state tournament.
conference constant diminish ended improvement national player positives scoring season seeing taking teams top year
Obviously, we're taking away a lot of positives for the season. We've got a national scoring leader, conference player of the year and we're one of the top scoring teams in the nation. I think we're seeing a constant improvement in this team. The way the season ended doesn't diminish what the accomplishments were this year.
conference four gives help improves needs power ratings teams tight tougher
I think these teams are better and while it makes it tougher for us it improves the conference. It gives the conference the power ratings it needs and will help us get four teams into the playoffs. There's going to a lot of tough, tight games.
conference deep guys meaning motivating problem won
I think these guys will get it done. There would have still been meaning if we won (the conference tournament), but not as deep as it is now. I don't think I'll have any problem motivating these guys.