Famous Quotes & Sayings

To feel like we're set for the NCAA Tournament, we have to win every single game. If we don't, we're going to feel like we're on the bubble, and we don't want to be in that position.

I don't know that we've seen it. But the NCAA surveys everybody. I'm not surprised they surveyed the officials about us.

We can go into the (Big Ten) tournament without any worry about the NCAA tournament. There's no pressure on us.

I just thought it was a tremendous NCAA championship for the women's program and Rutgers University.

Randy Foye

I know where we were at two years ago, three years ago. We were in the NIT. To come from the NIT and be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament shows tremendous respect.

It's not like an NCAA tournament. It's more like practicing our doubles.

It's one and done in the Big Ten tourney, one and done in the NCAA tourney.

This performance this weekend, even though we had a win over Iowa, we aren't going to tolerate. We have to use this as a wake-up call. I'd rather have it here than at the NCAA tournament. It's going to be a long ride back home.

Al Thornton

This just does it. We're in it. We're all excited, because we feel like we're in the NCAA Tournament.

It was disappointing that we didn't make the NCAA Tournament. But we still can win something.

Corey Brewer

We're in the tournament to win it all. We won the SEC tournament, and now we want to win the NCAA tournament.

We're ready to go and we're prepared for the NCAA Tournament.

That's not how you want to be going to the NCAA Tournament.

This was huge. We needed this just to keep rolling into the WAC Tournament. Our whole outlook is to win the WAC Tournament and get to the NCAA (Tournament), so it's important for us to win the rest of our games.

We feel like we should go to the NCAA tournament. We're excited.

There's no question. We're an NCAA tournament team.

There's no reference in this bulletin to the NCAA or any specific sporting event.

We won back-to-back Big Ten championships and that's something to be proud of. It's two in a row, but we have to do more for the NCAA championships.

We are disappointed because there are some teams that are 14-16 (that got into the NCAA Tournament), and it doesn't seem right, but that's the way it goes, and we are really proud to get to play in the (W)NIT, and that we get to play at home.

Ralph Nader

The 60th seed at Wimbledon gets a chance at Center Court. The 60th seed in the NCAA gets a chance to go to the Final Four. But the third seed [in presidential politics] is shut out.

Nobody talks about the NCAA Tournament, not the players or coaches. Only you guys.

I think this team has shown it's worthy of an NCAA bid.

Jim Calhoun

will be a very tough out in the NCAA tournament.

Whitey Ford

I don't think there's any question Temple will be in the NCAA Tournament.

Sylvia Hatchell

I do think that they're in the NCAA (Tournament). I would be shocked if they are not, especially the way they are playing here at the end of the season.

We are never going to give up and we're never going t look at the score and give ourselves a reason for not playing hard. We're playing to get into the NCAA tournament.

You know as well as I do, if he makes the NCAA Tournament next year as the coach, it will all be forgotten.

We have 20 wins, we are in the NCAA tournament. There is nothing to be disappointed for. Getting to the tournament is hard. We are one of the teams that got in, so that is something to be proud of.

Billy Gillispie

There are a lot of teams out there that will do well in the NCAA Tournament. But there are a lot of teams that still have work to do, and we're one of those teams.

We've just got to play basketball. All that NCAA talk is out the door. We're not saying we're throwing it away like we don't care. We're just not thinking about it.