The doctor said it’s all his pain tolerance. He really pressured me to play (last night). I thought he did a decent job. I thought he gave a great effort and showed a lot of...

I think it’s in Jack’s best interests to continue working toward his degree without basketball as part of the equation. There are no eligibility issues involved. It is a matter of putting Jack in a...

When they went small (in their lineup), I really feel that created more diversity. It’s going to make them even tougher. It’s a plus in some ways. They need Thornton for those big games, but...

We couldn’t play much worse. I would have to call it a disaster offensively.

I thought we competed. We came in and we wanted to play a certain way and for most of the night we did. Temple sometimes pushes you out of it.

It’s a game of two halves. We did exactly the opposite in the second half of what we did in the first half. We were nowhere in the zip code with Smith on his first...

We thought we were climbing back into it, but the way we were shooting the ball … that’s just not good. I don’t care if they’re playing zone, man-to-man or whatever they’re playing, we’ve got...

I feel it is best for Duquesne and our players that I move on at this time. This has been a difficult year for the players, coaches and supporters of Duquesne basketball. I’m proud of...

Pops was really unstoppable. He’s a man-child.

They are playing at a high level. The competition will be interesting.

They got a couple (steals) near the end of the first half and you saw how quick they started playing when they smelled blood.

They’ll be fine. It’s just these teams are playing better than we are right now.

I was scrambling. There were times when I was thinking we weren’t going to get this done. We couldn’t get the ribbon and the present tied.

Our kids got up. [St. Bonaventure] put us on the mat and knocked us out. I kind of felt like they thought they had the game won then. We just came fighting our way back.

He’s totally responsible. He’s where he’s supposed to be. He’s getting the grades. It’s so obvious. He takes care of business. Our goal is to have a whole team like that.

Overall, I thought our kids played very hard. We just didn’t have an answer for Fordham. It wasn’t like we were out there standing around.

Duquesne’s bus ran out of gas and (Xavier) … kept running at 500 miles an hour.

I felt we weren’t efficient in anything we were doing. I just told the kids I’m really disappointed.

He gave us everything he had. He’s just got to get some help from some other people.

That was a killer. He’s the only guy we have that can score on the inside. We don’t have any presence without him.

The 3-pointer is a weapon and West Virginia uses it as good as any team in the country. I like their team.

As for the future, I plan to keep on working. The game of basketball has been – and will continue to be – a big part of my life.

I thought we played well. We played hard. We gave a good effort. Pops was really unstoppable. He’s a man-child. He’s an NBA player, that’s for sure.

I was blown away. I couldn’t believe it. … The players took it harder than we did. He came out on the court with his hand all bandaged. We were thinking maybe it’s the season....

We were really pleased. He’s getting a large, large piece of the pie with playing time. He’s handled it well. He’s been able to score for us, he’s given us quality defense, and he’s done...

We just didn’t have an answer for them all the time. They are playing good basketball. They just got a little bit unlucky.

We got it done. Now, we’ve got to win some games.

That was as good a half of basketball, offensively and defensively, that we’ve played all season.

I was pleased with Jackson’s competitiveness, his aggressiveness. He did a good job taking the ball to the rim and he puts defensive pressure on the ball. I was happy to see him play a...

I thought we did a nice job on Smith. But they have some excellent players. When someone is down, someone else steps up. That’s what makes them good. That’s why they won the game because...

Right now, I’m just trying to win a game. I’m not trying to solve everything.

A couple of our guys are better than what they’re showing right now.

He’s going to be a big key in this.

We talked about that this was a winnable game. It’s not like playing Boston College or [George Washington].

You can’t turn the ball over like we did and accomplish something. And we never handled their 1-3-1 zone defense. It’s hard to simulate what they do in practice. There are a lot of things...

The university was very fair to me. I appreciate what they’ve done for me. How they handled me in the past 48 hours convinces me they’re going to get this [program] going in the right...

One of us is going to win. Even by default.

He shook loose in the corner to get it and we never got back into the game. We had many opportunities but couldn’t capitalize.

To win, we have to play almost perfect.

They are very good. When they make shots, they are even better.

I thought we competed. We wanted to play a certain way and for most of the game, we tried to play that way. We stayed and fought as well as we could. But the percentages...

We were trying to double-team him and front him. We were fouling him. He’s just a very good, talented player.

We tried to keep our rotation as normal as possible. I didn’t want to move players all around.

He was an irreplaceable piece of our team. He was our only legitimate big man. He was going to be our Mr. Inside to go with Mr. Outside Bryant McAllister.

He’s really struggling. We’re just going to have to go back to the drawing board, watch film with him and keep his confidence up, but these are the two worst games he might have played...

We tried anything to stop the bleeding. Some of their kids who had not been shooting well hit a couple of shots.

We have to get stops. People are scoring too many points, transition baskets, seconds shots. You name it. All of the above.

Ryan Lambert no longer is on the Duquesne University basketball team. He has been given his unconditional release. This is not something I want to be dealing with at this stage of the season, but...

I think Greg will find a good quality young coach. This is a very hard job, but not an impossible job.

He is to them is what McAllister is to us. He’s their go-to guy.