Famous Quotes & Sayings

Like I've been telling the guys, we need to put three meets together like we wrestled Valley, at conference and districts.

I will tell you without any question that every league game I've been in part of in the Big East seems like a conference tournament game. There's an intensity and urgency. It took a while for our kids to get used to.

I was very pleased and surprised our girls won the meet, ... Actually I was a little shocked. This was the first time Kennedy Collier and Katie Upton have run a varsity race. I didn't know what to expect from them, but I knew they could help our team. First place in the conference is quite an honor.

It feels good to win the conference regular-season title, and to head into the tournament with an unbeaten record would be nice, too. But it won't really mean anything when we get to state. We'll have to start over from scratch, then.

It feels good to get back-to-back conference titles. We want to keep it going and keep it rolling.

Jeff Baker

It felt good to get out and play. This should help us going into conference play.

It feels really good to get our first conference win, ... and it being on the road makes it that much sweeter.

Brendan Shanahan

I still see us as having a real strong lineup. Definitely the teams around us in our conference have improved but I don't think people should count us out yet.

I think our offense is starting to turn it around and we're going to need that in conference because everyone pitches well.

I think playing Duke helped us become a better football team, and that's what it's all about. This game helped us get better in our conference and the remainder of our season.

I think most of what people will be looking for will be discussed on the conference call. There's a lot going on in the product front.

We have to refocus on the conference race. We have a good opportunity to finish strong.

We're definitely looking at Georgia and not the SEC Tournament. We would like to get to 10 wins in the conference and be in double figures.

We're definitely looking at Georgia and not the SEC Tournament. We'd like to get to 10 wins in the conference and be in double figures.

We're a little banged up right now with some injuries to key runners. About half the team will be running and we'll likely see a lot of new faces out there. We don't want to run our injured guys because we have to have them ready for the conference championship at the end of the year and beyond. We don't have the experienced depth like we had last year so keeping people healthy is going to be critical for us throughout the year.

We emphasize that to be a good team, you have to have good senior leadership to go far in the conference and in the tournament. We've had that so far and that will likely be important for us in the next few weeks for us to be successful.

Paul DePodesta

We'd still be having this discussion (on the conference call) sometime this month.

We really wanted to have the 1 seed. Had we won Wednesday and we're playing for the conference championship; that lends a little more weight to (tonight).

We have some questions to answer. We're fairly young this year and we'll make mistakes early. The conference gets better each year as schools continue to upgrade in recruiting and facilities.

We do this all the time. We pay them for their time. Sometimes they do conference calls. Sometimes they prepare slide shows.

Well it looked like they really wanted to get two Big Ten teams together. Michigan couldn't fit it in the schedule and luckily Michigan State was willing to move our conference game to Thursday. To play in a game of this magnitude, the publicity you get on a national scale, it's just a great position to be in.

Steve Lavin

When you're looking at a school you consider the recruiting base, the resources, the facilities, the conference affiliation, the environment. There's no better environment.

I think offensively, we're fine. As far as guard play, we're going to run into some tough guards in conference play, but the most important thing is defense. That's going to win us game, especially if our shots aren't falling.

It doesn't directly impact the conference race, but I think it does indirectly, because we can become a better team because of these matches.

I think if there is a message to relay today, it is too early to say what will happen. Every conference still has important games to be played.

Bill Snyder

I think he's learning what this conference is all about. What I like is his mental toughness. He did a pretty nice job today.

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.

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.

We were able to get things done. It is not just me. We won county, sectional and conference titles. That has been the most satisfying part of it all.

We were able to execute some things that we have been working on. Hopefully, the strong play will continue as we head into our second conference game this weekend.

We can really make up some ground and put ourselves in a good position. All conference games are big games. It doesn't matter who you play. You've got to play well so you can win.