Steve Burtt
Steve Burtt
Steven Dwayne Burttis a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'2" point guard played in the NBA sporadically from 1984 until 1993. He also had an established playing career overseas. Born in New York, Burtt played high school basketball for Charles Evans Hughes before enrolling to Iona to play for the Gaels...
driving heads point prove
That was the driving force. That was in all of our heads and we wanted to prove a point and end that curse.
lapse picking pieces puzzle team
You can't get flustered. They were right picking us as the first team in the conference. We have the pieces to the puzzle to put this thing together. We just had a lapse tonight.
parting reality talk
That's the reality of it. We don't talk about it but it's in the back of our heads. We know we're parting ways.
hits reckoned team tough
They're a team to be reckoned with. They're a tough team that hits you from a lot of different angles.
guys
Guys are really down because we really believed.
beat standing
But we're not going to let them beat us by just standing still. We're going to make them work.
bridge closing coming kids major recent schools talented
The bridge is closing between major and mid-major schools. In recent years kids are more talented, not that they weren't before, but kids are much more talented coming out of the mid-major schools. Major schools underestimate that and that's why you have more upsets.
basketball
It's just hard-nosed. Basketball with an attitude, so to speak.
hard meant step team tough
They're a tough team and come out hard and play every night. They know how much (Anderson) meant to them, and they step up. They're the same team without him.
ball beat team time
You could say a lot of things, but they beat us to every punch. They didn't play us 1-on-1. Every time I got the ball it was a team effort.
against gave great message reckoned send team teams treated win year
This should send a message to the whole league. All year teams have come in against us and treated us like we weren't the No. 1 team and gave us their best. It's great to get a win like this and send a message that we're a team to be reckoned with.
unfinished
We still have unfinished business. We still feel like we have something to prove.
decisions driving helps movements time
With time you get to know somebody. You get to know their movements and you get to know where they're going to be. We're all comfortable with each other shooting, driving and making decisions on the court, and that helps us a lot.
entire feels felt nights shot
This was one of those nights where every shot feels good, even the misses. I felt that way the entire night.