It actually looked a lot worse than it was. It’s much, much better than they initially anticipated.

We want to shoot 3s. We have great confidence in Allan and Mike and Randy, especially. Those three are pretty deadly.

He’s such a warrior. I’m just so happy to see him on the floor. He’s really tough, a great competitor.

In our system we let him go to the offensive glass because he’s so good.

It seems like they’re playing as well as anybody in the country. I hope I’m right. It not, we’re in trouble the next game.

It’s really been an experiment to this point. So far, it’s been working out.

I’m proud of our guys, that our senior class can be called champions. Over a 16-game schedule in this conference, to win a championship is a great accomplishment. I think we’re playing our best basketball...

You just feel like they take coaching out of your hands. You just feel like, ‘I got a coach out there, we’re going to put the ball in his hands and then he’s going to...

I feel great right now. I didn’t ask if he could play. I was more worried about his future. And they said he’s fine.

I know it hurts for everybody, but I really want to make sure this group feels great about itself. They love Villanova, they love that experience, and Villanova loves them.

Villanova fans have seen a lot of great classes. For our staff, this class is going to always be special to us, no matter what they do this year. They really helped us establish what...

I wouldn’t have known that if they didn’t bring it up on the screen.

We played extremely tough and aggressive. Our defense and rebounding kept us in it. … Every time Louisville made runs at us (our) guys made big plays. Game number one in the Big East, that’s...

[So it was understandable that Wildcats coach Jay Wright expressed much caution in the wake of Fraser’s return to practice on Monday. It was his first workout since Oct. 22, when he had his left...

The students are all yelling, ‘Final Four, Jay,’ … It’s fun. We’re loving it.

That’s the advantage of having seniors, we know that Randy and Allen are going to make those big plays when we need them.

I’m amazed he’s able to do this.

The three-point line has really created a demand for skilled players. ‘¦ The Big East games from the 1980s were bloodbaths in the paint. Now, the game has really opened up.

I thought we played a very good team [in Georgetown], and we stayed committed to the approach of one game at a time.

I think our team playing well helped him. I know he’s very concerned about joining this group, his senior class. That was always his motivation and I didn’t want to take that motivation away from...

This is a tough night for Allan Ray right now. A tough night. But there’s been great nights, too — a lot of them. You have to take them both.

It could end in two games. And if it does, as long as we’re giving our best effort, I’m proud of them.

I think being at home and being comfortable makes a big difference. Not having to find a place to practice . . . There’s so many things to deal with logistically when you’re traveling, that...

This was a great college atmosphere. I had mixed feelings coming into the gym.

Tonight he took it to another level in a big game against an outstanding team. And that tells you a lot about Will Sheridan.

I think it changed the game. I think he was way ahead of his time. He caught the country by surprise the year he went to the Final Four. I think even after years he...

Look at Kyle missing the first semester and coming back and being able to play because of his basketball IQ. Shane has not been on campus the whole first semester, and has been able to...

This could have been a very serious, almost catastrophic injury. They expect a full recovery.

At the end, he was just exhausted. I turned to him and asked: Have you got one more in you?

I wouldn’t wish what happened to them on any other class. I wouldn’t want to go through it again.

When we had some tough times a couple of years ago, we were all concerned about the program. I never, ever worried about my job. We all worried about the program.

His leg strength is at about 90 percent of where it was before. He’s doing resistance work and is shooting every day.

I’d much rather go into this tournament after winning the Big East, but now that we haven’t, I think what we will take from that is gaining a little bit of hunger and the understanding...

(Smith and Dudley) are the kind of guys that when you play against them, it’s tough to like them. But when you get to know them, they’re great kids. You hate to play against them,...

We had no choice. We had a lead. We are in the NCAA tournament. We said, ‘Let’s get through this second half and let’s see if these guys can hold onto the ball, and we...

I thought it was a terrorist attack, … I had no idea what was going on.

He was great. There were a lot of times where we got to the rim and he made us change our shots.

What happened? I thought this was a home game for us and all of a sudden when they cut it to seven, that shocked me. Where did all those people come from?

I fully support Kyle’s decision. He is working hard to prove himself as an NBA player and he also has the option to return for his junior year. This experience will benefit him no matter...

It kind of feels like a conference game. This just seems like a Big East game to me. I feel we’re in the middle of January and we’ve got BC next.

That was a lot of heart.

He was really getting into Kyle. I haven’t seen anybody get into Kyle where he couldn’t get where he wanted to go.

We need to get him on his feet and just get calories in him, because he’s lost so much weight. I think this week will be really good for him. … He has a chance...

They’ve been through so much, they just don’t fear failure.

They were shooting over us. And you could really see them hitting the offensive boards as part of their game plan.

Obviously Allan is very fortunate to have come through a potentially dangerous injury with these positive results.

We were having a tough time speeding them up.

In the 45 minutes he was at practice, he was the best player on the floor.

We have a chance to be pretty good.

I think they are probably the best defensive team in the tournament, … They are very well-coached, especially on the defensive end.