“He's stronger and in a little bit better shape than he's been. And you can't play good without having a little confidence. I don't know what came first — making the decision to be in better condition, or then going after it. When you have the ability and you're disguising it, you won't do as well as if you're willing to showcase it a little.”
“We didn't play well enough to win. It was a situation of playing against the game a little bit. Foul shots is against the game. Open threes is against the game. LIU played well and they beat us, but we lost it, too.”
“It's an important part of the season. I don't want to say it's critical yet. If I have a choice — which I don't have — of when you want to lose three in a row, we're lucky it happened now and, hopefully, we can stop the bleeding.”
“(Assistant coach Johnny Kidd) put the keys to the game on the board before the game, which is important. But I said, 'You've got to remember, 90 percent of your brain has got to be filled with heart and desire.' You've got to respect the basketball and do the technical things, but you've got to play with a lot of heart.”
“We can't let them play their up-tempo style. We won't be able to run with them. They are playing well, despite having lost three, 1,000 (career) point scorers from last season. They haven't really missed a beat. We need to slow this game down.”
“We don't feel good at all right now. We had a chance to close out the deal and now we're giving someone else that chance. It's crazy. It's disappointing.”
“Monday night is going to be difficult for us. We had our opportunities tonight, but we shot blanks. We went down to our last opportunity and now all we can do is sit back and pray for one more chance to play this season.”
