Devan Downey
Devan Downey
Devan Deangelo Downeyis an American professional basketball player...
anyone bob came excuses gave kicked leading lost ourselves proud
I'm so proud of our team, we've been through so much. I was proud we were able to come out and fight. We lost our leading scorer and our third- or fourth-leading scorer and we still came out and never gave ourselves any excuses from (the dismissal of Bob Huggins) to anyone getting kicked off the team. We never gave ourselves any excuses.
basketball college control far guard guards people players post takes tempo trying
In college basketball, you can only go as far as your guard play takes you. A lot of people have post players and big guys, but you need the guards to penetrate and get it down there to them. I just think guards control the tempo of the game. That's what I'm trying to do.
ball call committee hard might selection
It's hard to get up for the NIT, but after the ball jumped up, we've got to play. It's not like the selection committee is going to call us and tell us to sub for somebody. We're already here, we might as well play.
ball deserved focus game whatever
I told E before the game that I was going to look for him as much as possible. He deserved a game for us to focus on him and let him do whatever he wanted to do. We wanted to get him the ball because he deserved his homecoming.
teams turn
They were one of those teams that we were so much better than them, we thought we could turn it on and off.
finally glad pick practice talk team
I'm ready, and as a team we're ready. We talk about it all the time. I'm glad it's finally here. We know we've got to pick everything up, pick practice up and just play.
five hold looked saw seconds time took
I didn't know how much time was on the clock. I was going to hold it for one shot. Then I looked up and saw five seconds left, so I just took off with it.
ahead besides four playing seniors
I think they need to go ahead and give it to him, just for recruiting. What are we playing, besides me, we have four seniors playing 20-plus minutes. And then there's me and (junior Cedric McGowan). You have to look to the future.
everybody game knows percent
This whole game is my fault. Everybody knows that if I don't play good, we can't win. This game is 100 percent my fault. I ain't the kind to make excuses. I just didn't come to play.
beaten james senior starters team
Two senior starters let us down. There is no way that team would have beaten us with James and Jihad. We had to play a walk-on out of position. We never made excuses.
deserved forget guys people ready upset win
We've got to forget about it and get ready for the NIT. The way I feel, we've got to go out and play and win it to show people we deserved to be in the (NCAA) tournament. The guys are upset now, but come Friday, we'll be ready.
lose mistake mistakes people proving round wrong
We can't lose here, we're not proving people wrong if we can't even get out of the first round of the NIT. How can we say they made a mistake if we couldn't get out of the first round of the NIT?
deep took
When it rimmed out, I took a deep breath. I thought it was going in.
andy coach coffin head nail shut
We just told each other we can't lose. This is the way (interim head coach Andy Kennedy) put it - someone was going to be a nail and a hammer. Someone was going to have their coffin shut tonight. We couldn't let it be us.