Famous Quotes & Sayings

I'm hoping we get another shot at them in the conference tournament. We gave it our all, they just knocked down shots.

We need this game to kind of get rolling before we go into the rest of conference play.

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 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.

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.

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.

Rick Barnes

We realize we're in the middle of a conference race. We're not going to take anything for granted.

We played more like we did earlier in conference play. We did a good job of executing on offense. We moved guys around and got them in. It was good to see.

We put a lot of emphasis on the conference meet. To me it's the most important meet.

We hope to be part of the Nutmeg Conference next year. It will make us a little more competitive.

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.

Bobby Jones

We know if we win out we would be in good shape. As long as we do our part, we could win the conference championship instead of finishing second.

We'll generate significant, significant revenue for the conference and the institutions that participate.