We had better balance and that was the key to winning. The other guys just scored more and played better. If we can continue with that kind of balance we’ll play well here.

We have to play better defense. Our field-goal percentage defense is the worst it’s been since I’ve been here. We’ve got to play better the rest of the way. There’s still a lot of time....

We had to give it a lot tonight. We’ve played a lot of basketball. We’re just going to have to get ready and be ready to play Monday night. West Virginia’s playing as good as...

Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn’t have won 10 f– games. We wouldn’t even be here to even have a chance to win this game. ‘¦ It’s the most bull– I’ve seen in 30 years, especially...

We’re pretty good, and we’re getting better. I can’t say we’re one of the top three or four teams in the country, but we’re definitely better than we were last year. Our problem is overly...

[Calhoun’s] the most similar [to me], … We both had to go through similar things and it’s very apropos that we’re going in together. One couldn’t have gone in without the other. You wouldn’t have...

We just have to play better. We’re in control of our fate. We just have to play better basketball down the stretch.

I’ve never been more disappointed to look at our schedule and see that we’d be playing a game Wednesday on the road, then Saturday on the road at 8 o’clock — when Connecticut played that...

I think we should expand. I think we’re ready for this. The game needs an expansion of the tournament.

From the beginning of the year, we never talked about [Anthony] being the best freshman in the country. We talked about him being the best player in the country. I think he proved that tonight.

Without Gerry McNamara, we wouldn’t have won 10 games this year.

He’s showed more guts this tournament than any player I’ve ever coached.

This is a team that can beat anybody any night and any place.

I think John’s place in Syracuse basketball history is underappreciated, … We were facing some tough times and he easily could have turned his back on us and committed someplace else, but he stuck with...

Our offense is killing us. (Villanova) started off 12-0. As much as it’s been the other team, it’s been ourselves on offense. We’re just making bad turnovers and we got to get that corrected.

If it wasn’t for that injury, I’d be convinced he’d be playing this way every game. That was a tremendous blow to his development this year. It just has really held him back. But this...

He hurt his Achilles’ and he wanted to go back in like he always does. There was just no way we are taking a chance on putting him back in with so many games coming...

They all want to play, so they’ll listen, … That’s never been a problem.

Guard play has always been key. When you have good guard play, you’ll always be alright in basketball. Good guard play is so crucial to everything you do on both ends of the court.

He was so far ahead of his time as far as basketball was concerned, … We pressed and played different zones and did things that weren’t commonplace back then. And, as a result, we were...

The Big East, I think, we belong here. Even though we’ve added some teams from outside, we’re still fundamentally the Big East. And I think we’re better off than we would be in a southern...

They did a good job on him. They made him work for everything. He couldn’t get any penetration.

For Josh Wright, who hadn’t played much, to do what he did was outstanding. We needed all four of those and it took a lot of guts for him to get all four.

This team showed more heart and guts than any team I’ve ever coached. I haven’t seen any one guy do what Gerry [McNamara] did here this week. Not even close.

He hasn’t been able to practice. He couldn’t get separation or push off.

The top teams have been able to show they’re the top teams. Everybody else is beating each other up.

Our defense at the end was tremendous by all our guys. They couldn’t get a shot the last couple of chances.

We were not in either game. The first time we battled them on the boards remarkably. The second time they dominated us.

It’s nice to be back for such a good cause. There’s no question it’s nice to be back to work.

Shows you rebounding means nothing.

We’re not a high turnover team. We take care of the ball well in games. I think we’re a little bit unsure offensively and everyone’s trying too hard to make something happen. But we have...

Gerry has a pretty badly bruised thigh, but I think the rest will be good and he’ll be able to come back next week.

We haven’t increased the number of teams in a long time and the quality has increased so much, I would have thought it would have been expanded a long time ago. This year more than...

I believe, if I?m not mistaken, Bill Gates went to college for one year. I don?t think it hurt him, did it? I believe that every kid that goes to college for one or two...

It will be a great tournament to watch. It’s always been good, but never this good … There will be some unbelievable games in the next few weeks.

He’s got more guts than anyone I’ve ever coached.

Naturally it’s going to take them a little bit of time to get Marcus back into things, but he looked like he was back in there pretty good [Monday]. He’s a key figure for them...

Four guards can work wonderfully well a lot of the time. But sometimes you can take advantage of it. We can’t take advantage of it. And when you can’t take advantage, they’ll take advantage of...

It’s happened before. He’ll bounce back.

I compete just as hard now as when I was younger,

Connecticut really dominated inside, as they are going to do against most people. We’ve got to get our offense going if we’re going to have any chance to be where we would like to be...

New Orleans means a lot to me. To win on the same court we lost on was a tremendous experience. … To see what’s happened to New Orleans is even more difficult for me because...

You have to have tough, physical guys to get away with that. That’s what Villanova has. The advantage is you get a big advantage on offense but a disadvantage on defense. But I think it...

He got guys like Dave Bing to come to Syracuse at a time when the program was really down, … He made me realize that the foundation for any good team is good players. There...

Jim and I talked before the game (Monday) about this. It just doesn’t make sense. Too many good teams. It’s too difficult to stack the deck against people.

If the other guys had played better all year, I’m sure (McNamara being called overrated) never would have come up.

We’re not really doing a good job of getting our offense going, getting rhythm and getting the ball to our shooters.

This is the best, by far.

They’re a very good defensive team, and they deserved to win the basketball game.

Our defense was terrible. We were just absolutely terrible.