Jim Wiedie
Jim Wiedie
business care court focusing front home illinois maybe ready southern
Maybe we were focusing a little too much on the championship, being on our home court in front of all our fans. Now we just have to focus on Southern Illinois and get ready to take care of business in the MVC tournament.
bringing job kids tremendous
I thought out kids did a tremendous job of bringing the defense.
bringing given joy life proud represent season thank university
I am so very proud of what you've been able to accomplish. I'm so proud of the way you've been able to represent this university and I thank you for bringing joy to my life and the season that you've given me this year.
hope leave left ncaa season type void
I would like to think with the type of season that we've had, we're well-deserving of (an NCAA bid). I hope that we don't get left out because that would leave a real void in these seniors' careers.
days freshman good point time
They got a freshman point guard. Any time you have a freshman point guard, some days are good and some days are bad.
hope point starts
It starts with our captains, and it starts with our point guard. I hope it stings. I hope it hurts.
clicking extremely offense played press
I thought we played extremely well tonight. We executed the press effectively and our offense was clicking on all cylinders.
fans forward game last looking lying since stopped talking
I'd be lying if I said this wasn't a game that we've been looking forward to. Our fans haven't stopped talking about it since last March.
built seniors tradition
Our seniors have accomplished a lot this season. I was disappointed that this was the way our seniors had to go out, but they have built a tradition with everything that they have done.
bad left power schedule seem seems strength teams works
Our strength of schedule was not fantastic, but it was not as bad as some that got in. When you look at 18-12 teams getting in from power conferences -- the mid-majors seem to be left out in the cold. It seems like it works a little differently on the men's side.
caught criticism critics-and-criticism good gotten low schedule season tough
I've probably gotten caught up in it more than I should have. There has been some criticism of our schedule this season and it probably wasn't as tough as it could have been. If we can keep our RPI in the low or mid-30s, I think we'd have a pretty good chance. If we go into the 40s we won't have a very good chance.
addition annie depth gives guard guards point relieve starting ton
With the addition of Annie, she gives us a lot of depth at the guard position. Annie will be able to relieve Mel at the point so we don't have to play our starting guards a ton of minutes.
along fortunate goes kids kinds season second win
We were very fortunate to get the win today. As the season goes along you need these kinds of gut-check games. I think our kids showed a lot of character, especially in the second half.