“I was in awe. Coach pretty much ripped us at halftime, tearing into us, and we took it to heart. This is the start of Big East season, and you don't want to start 0-1.”
“The last 9 minutes of the game seemed like 20 days. Holding onto a lead like that and then knowing it's over ? it means a lot. ... We haven't gotten the big wins throughout our whole careers here, but today things fell our way.”
“The last nine minutes of the game seemed like 20 days. Holding onto a lead like that and then knowing it's over - it means a lot. I jumped on the ball, kind of as a sigh of relief.”
“I really want to beat Syracuse. We've never beaten them before, and that would top everything off completely and make us feel good about our last home game.”
“I was feeling it today, doing whatever was necessary to win. We've got a lot of guys who can get it done on any given night, and today it was my turn. I did what I had to do when I got the ball, and we're moving on.”
“I got a couple big offensive rebounds down the stretch that we kind of converted on. So plays like that, a couple tips here and there on defense, things like that ... Coach has been preaching to the team about.”
