Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Ryan

Those second sets will give our guys some confidence in later matches, and hopefully pay off throughout conference play,

This team needed a win. It's been a tough start for us and this is a good way to start conference play.

Tom Johnson

We're very happy to be 2-0. We haven't been that in the conference for years.

We just had a tough schedule. What we went through in our conference made us ready for whatever was going to come.

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.

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.

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.

(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.

I don't really know if anybody's got a realistic shot at winning the conference outside of Mascoutah.

Jay Wright

We now have a long-term commitment, a new practice facility planned, a newly expanded conference and renovations planned for the Pavilion. There's nowhere our staff and my family would rather be.

That's the most we scored in a conference game. We're hitting well and playing good defense. It's good to win the conference outright.

Nick Holt

I would not have been interested. I think it's an excellent conference. I think it provides us stability, and I think we can grow with the conference It helps us with recruiting. It has a great reputation, and I think it fits our school perfectly.

Chris Spielman

Look at the conference as a whole, and I don't think it's any question it's the strongest conference in the country.

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

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.

Heath, Jake (Black) and those other seniors ... they just want (a conference title) real bad. They've done nothing but work their tail off to try to get us there.

I am proud of our guys and am starting to see some positive things. Our guys are still playing hard, despite our record. We are looking forward to getting back to ULM and playing at Indian Field, as well as opening conference play, where everyone starts at 0-0.

Carolyn has kept everybody together. She's been positive all season and she's been a great captain. We're not looking forward to losing her. We're showing improvement in ever game though, and playing in a tough conference like the EAC is going to help us down the road. Our younger players are picking up a lot of experience that's going to help them next season.

It can't be taken for granted. No other Louisiana school has gone to it. Only six Southeastern Conference schools have made it.

Michael White

He said I might be tied for the Big West Conference record for injuries.

Vince Carter

We thought we were a pretty good team and we could go far. We were one shot away from going to the conference finals that year, but unfortunately the guy who took the shot missed it.

Jamie Dixon

I think we should have nine teams in the NCAA tournament. I think we should set a record. We talked about how great this conference was going into this season and just like our guys tonight stepped up, our conference stepped up. We deserve nine bids. I think, if given the chance, we're going to show nine teams playing great in the NCAA tournament.

Kenny Smith

I think that any other year he would be playing. But because (there's) so many great forwards in the West, it's difficult to do that. But (Paul) is one of the top five guards in the Western Conference without question.

I think it's ridiculous. I've never heard of it in conference play.

It gives us an edge going into the tournament in a sense that now we know we can win the conference tournament.

I think we can contend for a conference title. We are a faster team than we were last year.

I think that is truly amazing. It shows how unique the ACC has been this season and what a tremendous conference it has been from top to bottom. I expected the depth, but I'm not sure we expected three teams in the top four.

I am extremely excited about the performance tonight. We had several personal bests, and I'm really pleased with how Jamaal (Charles) and Ryan (Palmer) stepped in today and competed. Raymond (Harris) is showing us that he will be a player at the indoor conference meet.

I am just hoping to get to conference play on a positive note. A win tomorrow (Wednesday) will hopefully set us on the right path.

Vince Young

He flipped the switch and had confidence and took over our team,'' said Texas' Mack Brown, who is still searching for his first conference title in 22 years as a head coach.

We can finish with a good record in conference and give the second half of our year some meaning to it.

Playing for the conference title is really what it's all about. We have to win the conference before we can start talking about playing for a state championship.

If you start focusing on a conference championship you lose sight of what you have to do with the next game you are playing. If we don't focus on Portage completely and get over it quickly, we will have the same thing happen.