There is pressure. You don’t want to be the first one seed to go down to a 16 seed.

We did try to keep them busy this week, but everyone wanted to play. It felt like we were at the Super Bowl; it took forever to play this game. Traveling usually mixes it up...

The timing of this is incredible. I know it looks like we really planned this well.

I’m very excited about the fact that his progress has been so encouraging. But I still would, however, encourage him to come back and have a full senior season.

We just got a report from the doctor at the hospital, and it is great news. It actually looked a lot worse than it was. Al is going to be released, and he has vision.

Not once did they mention he’s a good shooter. I thought that was such a breakthrough for him. He’s made himself a complete, all-around player.

I think what we all see in (Florida) this year is an outstanding team. They really play off each other — five guys double-figure (scoring), and for us it’s a different kind of challenge. We...

I’m so glad we are going to have the chance to recognize Coach Kraft in this way for the enormous contributions he made to our program.

I don’t want to slow him down at all right now because he’s excited about the possibility of coming back. I know he looks at it as his goal and I don’t want to take...

It was crazy. We’re a pretty defensive-minded team. We take pride in that. We just couldn’t stop them. If we took away the three, they went inside. I’ll have to see the tape. I’ve never...

You know what it is going into the season. You’ve just got to prepare yourself for it.

Obviously, we always want to have Allan on the floor. But to beat a good team, you’ve got to be able to recover from that.

We kept Mike and Allan on (McNamara). We wanted to keep a fresh body on him. These two are very good defensive players. They really get excited about guarding people.

I hate when everybody talks about our toughness, because we’re not the only tough team. Immediately a good, smart [opposing] coach will challenge his team.

If I had four guards like this again, I would do it. But this was really born out of necessity.

Our biggest concern was let’s not let what happens at Cincinnati affect the next game. In the Big East, you can’t let one game affect the next one, because if you’ve got any little hangover,...

It’s definitely different. Our kids love the challenge. Everyone is making plans for Minneapolis. It’s a completely different challenge.

It looked a lot worse than it was. It’s going to be day-to-day.

This is a tough night for Allan Ray. But you know what? He made a lot of great shots for us over the last four years. He made shots that probably shouldn’t have gone in,...

I think these guys have been through so much – normally, losing a player of Curtis’ status would be devastating.

I don’t think this is anything we don’t think we can overcome.

We knew there were going to be times that we’re going to play bigger, even three forwards depending on teams we play. It’s not real complicated. We can put people in different spots.

We ran into a team that played better basketball than us. I think we can play a lot better and we can shoot a lot better, and the other team had a lot to do...

He did that his whole high school career. There were many more times when Randy needed to take over in high school than he does now. When we would go to watch him play, we...

If some team told him they would take him in the first round, he might hire an agent and go. That’s why I’m thinking it’s so difficult for him. He’s not a clear-cut lottery pick....

That’s one reason why we’re pleased to have Jason and Chris. We need big bodies.

Old school, split the house… It was cool.

There’s no way you can simulate it in practice.

It’s the best possible news we could have had.

Our coaches and our guys have a feel for that team. We know them and that should help us prepare for them. But, on the other hand, they know us too.

There was never a time to relax. That’s probably a positive, a sign of a great league. We never had to worry about our guys being ready for a game. You cannot relax one second.

When Villanova’s rated as one of the top four teams in the country and a No. 1 seed, I think it talks a lot about the respect, not just of this season, but it’s respect...

I would never have known he had 32 points. He does so much for us. He’s a great leader. I think he’s one of the best players in the country.

We will sit down when the season is over and we will gather all the information, and there is no one that wants what’s best for him more than any of us. I have been...

I don’t know what to expect, except that these are champions coming back to prove themselves. I know it’s going to be everything they’ve got. The good thing is, that’s how they play anyway. I...

Craig bruised his tailbone. It’s pretty painful and stiff right now. He could be (out).

He just did what was necessary to win the game. And having that weapon is valuable.

Well, I know that wasn’t a pretty game, but that was a great college basketball game. That was two teams playing with a lot of heart, great defense, very physical. I really give a lot...

We loved being here. It was great being comfortable here.

We’re right where we wanted to be right now. Honestly, I didn’t think it would take this long. God had other plans. We had some struggles.

But I’m going to let him make the decision.

It’s real sign of respect for what we did in the regular season.

I never thought about taking him out. I said to myself, ‘We’re going to go down with him.

You could see him wearing down so we shut him down for a while in terms of playing. We couldn’t have him practice and do his muscular rehab because we were afraid we would hurt...

There was a lot of security for our team, and the teams from Great Britain and Israel, … We had armed security guards and soldiers with machine guns with us at all times. That was...

I thought West Virginia was just great. It’s the Big East. You knew it was going to come some time where someone was going to play a better game. We’ve just got to make sure...

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.