At times maybe he could play harder. It comes and goes. We need more consistency from him. He’s our inside presence.

I think I may be more excited about coaching than I’ve ever been, … I think I realize that I’m closer to the end than I am to the beginning. I know I don’t have...

Dave Bing is the player who raised this program from the ashes, … He made all this possible.

We really should be thinking, like, eight or 10 more teams get in.

Our big guys had 14 turnovers. We’ll try and get the ball into them for a little while but not much longer.

He’s been huge for us. I don’t think you can even quantify it. He’s probably been as important as any player we’ve had. We’ve had a lot of great players, a lot of important players,...

First of all, I want to start off with a profound abject apology for my language yesterday.

We just didn’t do a good job on the boards in the first half. We did a better job in the second half.

We’ve got some really good teams. It’s going to take a major upset for somebody to beat Connecticut. And three or four of our other teams are good enough to make a Final Four, maybe...

We looked like a team that’s been out playing a lot and is tired and is ready to go home.

I’m disappointed at this stage of the year that we’re not a better defensive team, and that’s why we’re in the position we’re in.

You can’t describe what it means. When you start out at five-years-old and all you want to do is play basketball, and when you can’t play anymore, you want to coach the game, how do...

He shoots that shot in practice. He can make it. Obviously it’s not part of our offensive game plan. … It was a tough shot and one we needed to make and he made it.

Syracuse, New York, is like Hawaii for eight months of the year, … The other four months, I don’t care about the weather because we’re playing basketball.

He’ll be remembered for his heart. He’s a unique player. We’ve been fortunate to have him here for four years.

I’ve been to all of them. This is the best.

When you lose three straight games, you lose a little confidence. And we’ve lost a lot of confidence.

In the old days, when the Big East and ACC had nine teams, we’d get six in. That’s 66 percent. I’m not good at math, but nine out of 16 is less than 66 percent.

He cemented his legacy long before this. But people will remember this four-day performance forever.

We all know that it’s more open now than it’s ever been.

I’m not surprised. I think we’re about where we should be. We’re right where I thought we’d be, maybe a game or two, but not much different.

We have struggled a little bit but we have lost five games to teams that were ranked in the Top Ten. This is a tough league. We still have tough games ahead. Every game in...

If they’re in, we should be in – and they’re definitely going to be in.

He couldn’t get a breath, but he was the guy making plays for us. If he had been out one minute, we would have lost the game.

It was a great win. I’d say one of the best if not the best we ever had at Syracuse. But I’ve only been there 44 years.

We knew the first stretch in this league will be the hardest stretch in this league. We have another tough game, and we’ll see how we are after that.

I think there should be an expansion. Whatever seems to fit.

This year has proven that teams that just got in, or maybe didn’t get in, can win games.

This was a good game for us. I like St. Rose. They get very good movement, they really tested us in some things. Defensively, that will help us. We didn’t do a good job on...

These four games, they’re probably the best of anything I’ve ever been around.

He has more guts than anybody I’ve ever coached.

I’m never concerned about how many players a team has. Some of the best teams we’ve ever play only had five guys. In basketball, it’s not about numbers, you don’t need 10 guys, you only...

But when they’re freshman and sophomores, George Mason can beat that team.

We’ll be alright. We need a few days off, we’ll be ready to play. It’s sad that you have to play such great teams back to back then you have six days off. It’s not...

For Josh Wright, who hadn’t played, to make all four, and we needed all four, that’s a lot of guts. I’m not sure Gerry would have, as tired as he was.

I think it’s too much a part of our game. We’re taking too many threes. I’ve never been a big fan. But it’s just something you have to use. And it’s something you really have...

They could be in third place with a little luck. That’s how close the league is. The difference is so minute between teams. Look at West Virginia, (they’ve had) one after the other of close,...

I’d like to show it to some of these guys (at the head table), … It’s as close as they’ll ever get to one.

We gave them four wide open shots at the beginning of the game. You can’t do that against a quality team like Villanova.

Those two helped us to get off to such a great start, … They laid the foundation for the success we’ve had.

[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...

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...

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.