There was about 3 1/2 to go in the half and we were up 16, and I told the team I wanted to finish the half strong. And the reverse happened. We allowed No. 21...

I pay no attention to those comments. Any time you have a field of teams who are picked and some are left out, there’s going to be talk. It’s what radio shows are made of,...

We had the tempo the way we wanted it. It was a great win against a great opponent.

We’re not going to change the system they’ve been using here too much, … Perhaps they’ve stumbled onto something, kind of like Coach (Fisher) DeBerry has done in football. He’s run that offense for decades,...

We kept them from getting the easy baskets, and I can’t say enough about the intangibles these players have.

We pay no attention to it. We deserve to be here. The committee selected us. If you investigate our season, who we played, how we fared, what our resume is, we belong here.

When I took him out of the game (in the final minute), I told him he was a great player and an even better person. He’s been such a great leader. He came to practice...

I used to mess around with it with the Nuggets, with my younger players after practice, because they needed time to develop, and because to me it’s just the right way to play the game...

There’s been a couple games with big discrepancies, where we have been on the short end (in terms of fouls called). I wonder if I have been too laid back in that regard. I want...

We played the worst game at the absolute worst time, but we were hoping one game wasn’t going to spoil all the wonderful things we did all year long. I’m pleased the committee, in my...

My heart goes out to Nick. He was looking forward to starting practice with us in October, but now our target for his return is the conference opener against BYU on January 5. He has...

I think it’s the right way to play here at the Academy,

Oh, without question. Look what happened last year.

When we allow them to have a day off, they get sluggish. It’s interesting. You need to keep pushing them.

We came out of the blocks with good energy and it was a wire-to-wire win over a good team.

Obviously we played our worst game at the absolute worst time, but we were hoping one game wasn’t going to spoil all the wonderful things this team had done all year long. We all know...

Let’s put it this way. We’re on the radar screen. And that’s a good thing.

TCU is an excellent basketball team. They are five or six shots away from having six or seven more wins.

is doing great. Let’s face it, he’s a young man. There is a lot of pressure. Opening night it was [San Antonio’s] Bruce Bowen and Tim Duncan [defending him]. The next night, Houston had the...

We all know there are going to be teams left out and there are going to be discussions, and that’s just part of the selection process. That’s just part of sports.

My heart goes out to Nick, … He was looking forward to starting practice with us in October, but now our target for his return is the conference opener against BYU on January 5. He...

We had open looks, we just didn’t make them. It’s a fine line between winning and losing.

I think people know he’s a good player. I think people are going to see he’s an outstanding player.

They are an awesome, awesome basketball team, and every coach I’ve called about them says the very same thing. In my mind, when you talk about the very elite, they’re at the top of the...

He’s played very well,

I was there in front of the TV, and when I saw Air and then an F, I was running around and didn’t even know where we were playing.

We thought they would sag off of John and really try to clog the middle. We encouraged John to just shoot the basketball. If you miss it, shoot it again. He did a heck of...

We simply couldn’t get enough stops. Simply put, they had some firepower off the bench that hurt us.

I don’t want them to fall prey to thinking so much about consequences. I just want them to play basketball.

We simply could not get enough defensive stops. They have a lot of offensive weapons.

I’m going to address that today.

We knew what kind of shooter Smith was. That was no surprise to us. He made some unbelievable long-range shots with a hand in his face. And Carter hurt us in the first half. We...

I don’t know that it was anything (SDSU) did that really factored into that. But they are just so much more talented than they have been in the past.

I haven’t even thought about it. This is my first time here, so I’m worried about the present.

Andre is a hungry, driven young man who wants a team that plays with discipline and unselfishness. He wants what we have, and we want what he has.

We say no all-star nights.

Jake was relentless and not to be denied on the boards. Everyone contributed, and everyone was in the fray. It’s just a wonderful team to coach.

They’re a good defensive team, and the reason they’re a good defensive team is because they have a shot-blocking presence (Wyoming forward Justin Williams) who’s one of the best in the nation who can erase...

It’s an equal-opportunity offense that manufactures threes by driving and kicking the ball out.

Our goal was not to allow the press to get to us; we accomplished that goal.