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...

Getting to Friday will not be easy.

That’s something they do very well. Besides playing really hard, the best thing they do is rebound.

That’s something I will have to decide after the 16th game. You can’t make that decision until the 16th game.

The winner of that game is definitely in the (NCAA) Tournament. (For) the loser, Sunday’s going to be a long day.

I don’t know yet what we will do. Tune in Wednesday night and see.

We felt we could pick ’em up at 94 feet. We were able to create 23 turnovers. And we didn’t give up any easy baskets.

Randall did the scouting report on Tulsa during the season. Ed had Southern Miss during the season. So they were both already familiar with those teams. Southern Miss is a lot like ourselves. They are...

We tried some things. A triangle-and-two, some zone. And they made some shots.

Our guys call him Rudy. Josh is a guy who comes to practice every day and goes hard.

That crowd was terrific. I don’t know if we could have won the game without them. And I know there were people who couldn’t come, sitting home by their radios, and they helped us, too....

We just kept playing hard and I think our depth helped us wear them down a little in the end. But they played well and it could have gone either way.

I think what this does is force us to win the (conference) tournament. That’s the bottom line right now. But we can’t be concerned with the big picture. We haven’t been all year and we...

We shot the basketball and that’s what we have to do. If we are going to win at this time of the year, we will have to shoot the basketball.

It doesn’t get any easier. We’re playing extremely hard, we’re just not making the plays we need to make to win close games. We need to keep working hard. It’s going to come.

Will’s been sick and I’m a little concerned about him. I put him in during the second half, and he was only out there for 30-45 seconds and asked to come out.

We just need to continue to win basketball games. I think what’s happening right now is probably going to be more important in terms of recruiting than what happened 40 years ago.

I think SMU is one of the top four teams in this league, especially talent-wise. They’re getting better every game. I’m glad we’ve played them twice.

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.