The depth of this league is grossly understated. There’s a lot of teams that can pull off an upset over George Washington. So yeah, I think it’s a wide-open tournament.

I just thought it was very important for us to have a winning season. I think the fact it happened very early is a great testament to our players. It really speaks to how much...

It was a great game, a great environment for our fans and for our community. Our seniors are phenomenal people who have invested their blood, sweat and tears. Then, we also passed the ball extremely...

(St. Francis) scored (12) points in the first 17 minutes of the second half.

We’ll have to come close to that 20-win mark to get a serious at-large consideration. We have to win this next game and the one after that. I don’t think it’s unrealistic, but I think...

We’ve hit a wall. I don’t know if it’s physical or mental. I tend to think it’s more mental. We’re not as focused or as intense in practices or in games as we were earlier.

Defense and rebounding are the reasons we are more competitive this year. We’re a better team.

Tonight shows we have more steps to go. But we competed.

The atmosphere is far most positive because of the results. La Salle has an unbelievable basketball tradition. Our other peers in the city, St. Joe’s, Temple, Penn and Villanova, have consistently been strong. We’ve had...

I thought it was a great challenge, a great chance to see where we are. That’s a good team they have over there.

They did a great job doubling Steve. But we had a lot of contributions.

If we didn’t turn it over, we probably would have had a chance to win the game. But 19 turnovers to nine is an awfully big discrepancy to overcome.

Give Duquesne credit. They only had eight scholarship guys and they came out extremely hard and they beat us. It wasn’t like we were lying down.

I thought that in itself was a big first step. Once we hit 15 [wins] we knew we had done something to turn the program in a significant way, and then we set our sights...

The first half was really a disaster. We didn’t match Duquesne’s intensity. We couldn’t make a lay-up. We were very fortunate to be within eight points. The second half, we played tremendous.

They were guarded on every shot (in the first half). That was not an accident. That was not them just being cold. In the second half, we weren’t able to sustain that level of effort....

Give credit to Saint Joseph’s for running its offense so well in the second half. I wouldn’t say (our players) ran out of gas; I think it’s more accurate to say we weren’t able to...

I think the personnel they had on the court helped them attack our zone a little bit better.

They are huge for us. We don’t have a lot of offensive firepower. Jermaine and Darnell are solid guards, and we are much better when they are able to make their shots.

I really thought the difference was our defense in the second half. (Enright) had a tremendous first half.

These guys have been through far, far worse. Most of these guys were on the 20-loss team from a couple years ago; last year we were on a seven-game losing streak. They’ve seen it all.

The Temple win was a great win for us. It was a huge conference game, and it was a Big 5 game. In Philadelphia, that means a lot to our alumni. To have our seniors...

They turned up the defensive pressure and it revealed a lack of skill on our part.

He’s a very gifted player, and he’s really worked hard to develop his skills. In the short term, we couldn’t have had the success we’ve had (this year without him). He has helped turn the...

It means so much to the seniors. They’ve had some hard times, but they’re resilient and they never quit. They always fought hard.

This was a great team win. We are gradually becoming a solid program for our level.