If you had told me we would shoot 35 percent (actually 35.1) from the field and 52 percent (52.9) from the free-throw line, I’d have said we would have a very hard time winning.

For sure, the winner of this game will get in. The loser will have a long day Sunday.

There isn’t anybody who could have played the schedule they’ve played and have a very good record. When you look at the tapes, you see a very athletic team.

It happened so fast, I don’t think anyone knows what happened. When I feel like this basketball team is ready to move forward with Jason, then that’s what we’ll do.

I know several people have talked about it, and we will wear them. Right now, though, we haven’t gotten the jerseys yet. With today (Monday) being a holiday, I don’t know. But if we get...

SMU is one of the top four teams in this league, talent-wise. I’m glad we’ve already played them twice.

We felt like we could pick up 94 feet – something we were doing earlier in the year when we had more bodies.

The strength of their team is that they are able to shoot the basketball. They’ve got three guys averaging in double figures. The key to the game is that we have to defend the perimeter...

I’ve said all along that we have to take care of things first. First, we’ve got to win Thursday. Then we get to Friday night. If they take two teams from our league, then I...

We had four guys in double figures and we had 22 assists. That means we were sharing the basketball and we were making some shots.

I’m just so disappointed for John. That guy’s given as much …

We were down 12 on the road and we found a way to win. Give our guys credit. Give Southern Mississippi credit, too. But we have some experienced guys who have won some close ballgames,...

This is a team that has very good guards. They have guards who are capable of scoring points. On the nights when they have scored, they have been very difficult to beat. They have beaten...

I just told the guys that you practice on this floor every day. No way can you let a team come in here and play harder than us.

Alabama A&M will be here expecting to play a basketball game. I know some people might think that because it’s a non-conference game, it might not be as big. But at this stage of the...

You get it to 44-all, I think we got a little too excited. You’re not going to score in transition against Syracuse at their place. I thought we forced the issue. Even when we got...

Yesterday was tough … it was tough. I found out the results about 10 minutes before practice was over. It was an emotional situation.

Miguel went to the doctor today (Friday) and the doctor released him — probably a week earlier than we had expected. Miguel will play some against Rice. John will play, too. His, as we have...

This team has overcome so much adversity. It speaks to the character of the kids. It seems like every week they’ve gone through something. It’s an unbelievable group of guys. You don’t win as many...

One play in the second half summed up this entire season. We were up by 20 and we had three guys diving on the floor for a loose ball.

The thing about Southern Miss is that they’ve gotten better and better each game.

Just more little things. Making free throws. You’ve got to do the little things to win basketball games — especially on the road.

This speaks to the character of these guys. It’s something. I can’t explain it. This is just an unbelievable group of guys. You don’t win as many games as they have without being different. And...

I’d love to sit here Wednesday night and say we’re 10-1 (in Conference USA), but it’s going to be a challenge. I don’t know if we’re going to win or lose but I know we’re...

Jason is not making any excuses. He just said, ‘Coach, I don’t know what happened…it just happened.

Michigan made shots all night. Michigan always seems to have a lull in games where things don’t go their way. They didn’t have that tonight.

I think everybody was disappointed Friday. I don’t ever want this program to be satisfied playing in the NIT. That is not our goal. But the NIT is a great tournament, the longest running tournament...

When you are talking about a Bob Knight-coached team, you know they are going to run motion offense, play man-to-man defense and not beat themselves. Our transition defense will be huge. And we have to...

We played hard early and, unfortunately, looked at the scoreboard and our intensity fell off. When you’re only playing seven guys, sometimes you try to conserve energy, and that’s my fault. I thought they definitely...

Josh has been here every day, working hard. I’ve never heard Josh complain about one thing. He will definitely be a very successful person.

Rice is a good basketball team. Offensively they scare you because Almond had scored (30-plus points) in their last four games. That especially concerns you when our strength is not scoring points.

At some point, you have just got to tip your hat to the other team. The best team won tonight.

It was turnovers, it was their shooting, it was everything.

Thursday night’s game between UAB and Memphis could have decided some things. But it didn’t. Other than that, nothing much is really decided until Saturday. There is still such a logjam in the middle. A...

I think we’re still playing OK. We just don’t have the depth at this point. But our effort has been tremendous. We competed very hard against Georgetown for 40 minutes when we had a chance...

We’re trying to sign three or four more. We are mixing it between junior college players and high school kids.

It finally caught up to us. We didn’t have any emotion. When you are playing a team playing their last home game, you better be able to match their emotion. This game can’t be played...

Are they talented? You bet they are. … They are an awfully good basketball team. Do they wear you down? Yeah, most definitely.

He won’t play this week. They won’t give me a date (when he might return), but I know he won’t play this week. It will apparently be week-to-week.

We had a member of the selection committee speak to our spring committee. He told us the RPI is not even considered by them. He said they do not even have access to the RPI...

It’s no bigger than Saturday’s game (a win at Tulsa) was. But these are two teams who have played well and who have got a chance to keep themselves one game out of first place....

It may have seemed like it was easy. But it wasn’t. We had them down 13 points there inside of five minutes and the game was not over. Anything can happen at that point.

This is a unique group. A group of guys who come from totally different backgrounds who have come together to build a basketball team. It’s special. It speaks of their families and of the character...

It finally caught up with us. We didn’t have any emotion. We could never get going.

They are playing a little more man-to-man this year. But they play that zone. We will have to execute and hit shots. They want you to attack the basket, to think you are open. We...

We tried to score too quick in transition. You are not going to score quick like that against a team like Syracuse. I don’t know. We just got too excited, I guess. We tried to...

I’ve always thought this team had a chance to be pretty good. The thing that concerns me is offensively, I don’t know how much we can win without shooting the basketball better.

Rice has as good an offensive player as their is in the league. They start with him and that’s important. Transition defense will be very important. They are a very good transition team. And defensively,...

Our effort was tremendous. It’s frustrating to get an effort like that and come up short. We didn’t give ourselves a chance at the end of the game.

The whole game was summed up at the free-throw line. It came down to the last few seconds. If you’re going to go 50 percent at the free-throw line, you’re not going to have a...