Nothing worked. We didn’t get any clean looks, and I don’t know if we got a clean look, if we’d knock it down anyway.

They have some tremendous basketball programs in Philadelphia.

He practiced like a maniac.

I knew Liddell was good, but he played great. He doesn’t have to have to ball to make plays. That’s very valuable. He’s going to be a pro someday. He knows how to play. Most...

I’m trying to show some poise, some professionalism. The kids haven’t quit on me.

Chauncey has become a very solid player the past couple of weeks.

I felt good about the last two days. We’re getting healthy. I’m hoping the injuries are in the rear-view mirror and the next 5-6 games, we can play at a high level and be healthy...

I thought the kids showed up and competed. It was a very high-level college basketball game.

We were up eight, and I thought it could have been 15 or 20 if we were more efficient with the basketball. Did we play hard enough in the second half? No.

They really got on a roll in the first half. They just got us on our heels. Chauncey Duke did a nice job for us in the first half, but nobody else got involved.

We’ve had to move our roster around. There’s a lot of playing time going to a lot of young players. What we’re seeing is a lot of inconsistency.

Some players have really played well some nights. They get double-doubles one game, then we get doughnuts from them.

He’s done great. He hasn’t wilted. He’s taken the responsibility and done a nice, solid job.

I really was pleased with the effort and the comeback. But once we made the comeback, we exerted so much energy that when they made their run, we weren’t able to counter it.

We’re going to have to make (3-pointers). We’ve got to make eight to 12 to be in the game.

It just wears on you. It happens quickly and suddenly, and it’s lethal when it does.

Liddell has a very diversified game, a very mature game for a freshman. He had a little bit of an Oscar Robertson game. I compared him to Robertson because he averaged a triple-double at the...

I’m pleased that we were able to come in here and compete against a really good basketball team. We’re just trying to survive.

We’re trying to get him a little more focused and get him to play better.

That just took an eight-point lead and cut it in half. The momentum changed the other way.

He’s a first-round pick. He’s going to be playing in the NBA next year. He’s a great player. But they have a lot of really good players.

We have to find a way of putting two halves of basketball together.

I thought the kid played great.

I do think we can rebound better. I know we can. We need everyone to help out in that area.

Our kids played hard. It was just a battle down to the wire.

They are just ferocious on defense. A couple of (the turnovers) were our fault, but most of them were pressure.

Nothing worked. That’s inexperience. You need someone to step up and make a play. We have no margin of error. We have to be at 85-90 percent effectiveness. It might be 95 percent to win...

He wasn’t able to come back and get untracked.

Transition defense and 3-point shooting and rebounding became major issues for us (against Fordham). There were some defensive breakdowns.

Now we have to get the swelling down. It’s a matter of his tolerance.

We didn’t have an answer for Withers inside.

He’s the real deal. He’s improved so much. He’s going to be an NBA basketball player, that’s for sure.

We’ll see. The next two, we’ll try to do the best we can. The kids are optimistic. They have a good frame of mind.

We’re trying to make a miserable situation as positive as possible. We want to make it a positive environment in the gym every day the kids come to practice. The toughest thing, for me, is...

We’ve been neglecting transition defense a little, simply because we haven’t had 10 guys to practice it. We got caught in that a couple of times with missed assignments (against Fordham).

It was very difficult. We’re not going to do it again.

It’s not how many times you get knocked down; it’s how many times you get up.

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.