The kid’s the best. He’s a great leader … It’s scary.

We don’t have time to practice, and we needed to work on the things we’re going to need tomorrow.

He played like a veteran tonight. He’s the most consistent guy we have. That’s what we count on him for.

We’ve still got until the end of the month, beginning of March, until they let him make a decision. I think he’s getting more realistic about it. When I have to make a decision, I’m...

Most people are bigger than us, so they start that way and see how that goes. A lot of teams at some point have gone to their version of ‘small’ against us. We’ve seen both.

We hear it all the time, so you think about it because everybody talks about it around here. We spend all our time with each other talking about, ‘Forget about it.’ It’s such a mythical...

When I saw (athletic trainer) Jeff (Pierce) walk into the office with an x- ray, I was preparing myself for the worst. But this turned out to be great news.

Our lineup gets dictated by the circumstances of the game.

I got to see exactly what I wanted to see.

He couldn’t see when he was here. And being there, they did a great job there. Everybody did a great job. Our trainer got right to him. … An ophthalmologist rushed across town and examined...

We’re always prepared not to have him and it’s been that way for four years. We’re happy for him personally. He isn’t in pain and he played 26 minutes that way.

He hit some deep, deep shots. He was incredible in the first half. Some of those shots must’ve been 32 feet.

South Florida was well-prepared and did a good job. It wasn’t a case of us going out on the road and not being able to shoot well. Their defense had a lot to do with...

I don’t ever think I used the word grind about a season and I found myself using it at the end of this one. There was never a time to relax and that’s a positive...

This is as good a college basketball atmosphere as you are going to find in the country. It starts with the students and this is a very difficult place to play. Our guys love to...

In these Big 5 games, you come to expect the unexpected. But I never thought we would struggle the way we did offensively and give up that many easy baskets on the defensive end.

You get past that first one and now we are in the tournament. We’ve moved on and I think that makes them feel better, that they can just go play basketball.

We were resilient. We never stopped.

They were on the top of every aspect of their game. We will learn from this. You’ve got to beat the best team in their own house.

He’s got a serious injury, but he’s doing OK. He’s being evaluated right now. That’s really all we can say.

I wanted him to understand we ran that play for him with the game on the line.

There is definitely something God-given in him that enabled him from a young age to pick the right people to listen to. It constantly amazes me. … Because of all those people, he’s got a...

We have seen (Russia), they are very talented and a very tough, disciplined team. It should be a great battle.

We’ve not been paying attention to the polls. We really want to be concerned with being the best team we can be at the end of the year.

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

For some reason in the first half, it was like our feet were frozen. I’ve got to watch the film to understand it.

When we had that 10-point lead we hit a lull. Then it was a game.

This is the first time we’ve been in this position. I know Syracuse has been through it a lot, but at this point we’re enjoying it.

They take the coaching out of your hands. It’s unbelievable to have two guys out there who make the right decision every single time.

Some teams, you worry about fouling. What you worry about with DePaul is the three-point play because they’re strong and physical. You can be more aggressive [defending].

These are champions coming back to prove themselves. I know it’s going to be everything they’ve got.

The difference is now, as a one seed, everyone’s making plans for Minneapolis. It’s a completely different challenge, and it is a challenge.

He couldn’t see when he was here. They got pressure on it right away. … When I first saw them [team officials after the game] they said his vision was starting to come back. Now...

They beat us pretty good.

When we got back to Philadelphia and we talked about it, we just said, we got a second chance here – we got a second chance in life, forget about basketball. It just made every...

We’ll just toss it out as a poor shooting night.

We have more options. We can go a little bit more conventional at times when we have to.

Are they going to give us an asterisk? … Curtis is going to have surgery on Nov. 11. At first we were devastated but we just went back to work.

We definitely used that as something to learn from. It only takes one game and one guy.

Our guys still have some things to prove. But I’d be proud to have my team compared to that team.

Right now we’re No. 3, so I like it.

He might not be able to play in the Connecticut game. They’ve told us that if he doesn’t get rested and get well, this could really linger.

Given the circumstances, I understand why it took longer.

Look at your future, that’s what I want him to think.

Their unselfishness is the reason we can play Randy at the power forward and Allan at the small forward. They just want to win.

The league is a grind. There was just never a time to relax. Every game was a huge game, no matter who came in.

When we double-teamed them, they made the extra pass and hit the 3.

The 17 turnovers did create some easy points for us.

We don’t really have a choice.

I thought this was a home game for us. When they cut it to seven, (the crowd noise) shocked me.