We were pushing up on him, zoning him, double-teaming him, trying to do anything we could to get him to just miss a little bit. He was terrific.

[The two were in agreement, though that the new Big East is something to be proud of.] This will be a tremendous year, … It’ll be tremendous for the fans.

We missed Terrence, … He’s a big key for us on the boards.

I’m going to be very nervous, … You give hundreds, probably thousands of speeches in this business, but you only get one chance to make an acceptance speech at the Hall of Fame. That’s pressure.

We missed Terrence. He’s a big key for us on the boards.

The top teams are always going to have a rivalry. Connecticut is more of a big rivalry for us now because they’ve been so good. Now Georgetown’s coming back, they’ll be good again and that’ll...

When Gerry gets going like that, it’s disheartening. He can pull up and make it from anywhere inside the half court.

We struggled at times, but most of it was because of our schedule. It was more the product of our schedule than how we were playing. We really didn’t play at the level we could...

We’re not leaving out teams that can only win one game or no games. Now the reality is that we’re leaving out teams that can win two and three and four games.

We could have lost all four games, all four.

He’s got a big heart. If he’s on your side, you’ll never have to worry about having a friend.

He goes out and plays on it, it could get worse.

We just played three teams I consider to be Top Ten teams and, right now, we’re not a Top Ten team.

Derrick gave everybody a pep talk at halftime. I should have let him come in the locker room.

His side of the room was always neat,

He shoots that shot every day. I tell him every day not to take it in a game, but I told him after this one, he can take one more.

We feel that we can play with them, we feel we can play with anybody. They’re as good as anybody.

He’s won more games with last-second shots, free throws and play-making than any player we’ve ever had. It’s not even close.

We’ve learned some things about our team this week.

Just stupid. We should look at the right way to do things. I just wish there were fines for this. Maybe I’ll get fined.

If Gerry played at Notre Dame he’d probably average 25 a game for four years because that’s what he gets when he comes here.

This was a heck of a comeback from that kind of deficit against a team that controls the game. You just can’t give anybody that kind of lead and expect to come back, but we...

John Chaney and John Thompson made it possible for the black coach to get in the college game. Administrators need to win to keep their jobs. So when Chaney and Thompson won games, that’s how...

Our zone, we just weren’t active enough. Our defense was terrible. Any of the games we’ve lost, our defense has struggled. They got open shots, and that’s something we’ve got to do a better job...

Everybody wants the opportunity, no matter what you do in the regular season, to get to your league tournament, but we knew the rules.

[As for establishing rivalries,] The top teams are always going to have a rivalry, … Connecticut is more of a big rivalry for us now because they’ve been so good. Now Georgetown’s coming back, they’ll...

You start thinking about it a little bit more. I’m going out recruiting Sunday so that takes a little bit of the edge off.

Scheduling is too much in this league for television and not enough for the players. It’s very disheartening to look at scheduling and see that. Granted, TV’s important, but it shouldn’t run the league.

We got to play probably the two best teams in the conference besides Connecticut back-to-back in the road for television. That’s just crazy.

He couldn’t get playing tonight. It’s as simple as that.

I have a number in mind, I think it should probably be about four to six, somewhere in there. The problem really is that it shouldn’t come down to logistics.

The days we don’t make shots are going to be long nights for us. Anytime you shoot 1-for-19 from the 3-point line, you’re usually going to lose. We held our composure pretty well.

He hadn’t been in the whole game, and he comes into that situation and if he misses then they have a shot to go ahead.

He amazes me every time I see him play. He has more guts than anybody I’ve ever coached. As soon as he released it, there was never a doubt. There was nothing but net.

We just had a lack of patience in the first half. It caused us all kinds of problems.

If you watched the game, you knew why he wasn’t in the game. Gerry could not make plays tonight. If anything, I played him too much.

They’re just too strong for us right now, … Pittsburgh is a veteran team. I thought they were underrated all along.

He’s the kind of player that everybody likes because he goes out, plays and gives it everything he’s got every game. I think that’s what people admire and respect about him.

This is a great lesson for all these guys. They can win without Gerry. It will help make them stronger. It gives us a chance to rest Gerry.

It had nothing to do with the law or breaking rules. He just had some personal issues he had to deal with. We’ve never talked about it, and we never will. I’m sure Billy never...

I believe his achievements are more than many people realize. He’s going to finish his career in some pretty good company.

We can’t beat them anywhere else. They’ve killed us four straight games, except for the two here.

Every game’s tough, and you have to play well every game. We’ve got to start playing better or we’re going to struggle.

Is he the best player in the league? No, he’s not. But he’s the most important player on any team in the league. When Allan Ray is hurt, Villanova wins. If one or two guys...

I just don’t think you can have four teams not go to your tournament. It’s not healthy. I tried to convince the people in the league and our coaches. We had a halfhearted fight about...

We relied on Hakim (Warrick) and Gerry a little bit too much last year.

If you win, it doesn’t matter if a Martian coaches your team. I hope I’m not hurting any Martians’ feelings that are listening, but Indiana fans are like any other fans. They liked Mike Davis...

We’ve got bad foul shooters, what can I say? We won.

Our biggest problem has been defending people. Offensively we played pretty well but it’s pretty disappointing at this time of the year that we can’t stop people on defense. We’re fortunate we’ve won as many...

Most of the people in the Hall are on a different level from me,