We wanted to come in and prove something. We’re taking it a game at a time. Now we’re going to get ready for Syracuse.

We’re all trying to learn every day. We’re still not where we need to be, but we’re getting better.

He’s very laid-back. He points out certain things and feels you’re smart enough to get it done.

We’ve been in situations like the one we had (Sunday). Down the stretch, they made more plays.

I haven’t played good defense the last couple of games. We’re definitely stressing defense and rebounding, and a couple of things on the offensive side.

I felt like a freshman coming into the season, but I don’t feel that way anymore. We practice hard every day and I’ve become comfortable enough to know my role and run the team when...

We just keep playing. We know how good we are and how good we can be. We have so many different players that can step in, we know somebody is going to step up.

They were ready for this game.

We know he’s going to be all right and we’ve just got to continue our game plan. We’re a little sick right now. That’s all it is. Hopefully, it doesn’t turn out any worse than...

We never feel we’re out of a game. (Against Marquette), we had our chances. Unfortunately, the ball didn’t bounce our way.

We know we can compete for a Big East title and a national championship. We have confidence in each other — we’ve had it all along.

Gerry is playing excellent right now. They’re big down low. We have to attack the zone. We’ll have to be aggressive.

Hey, when we shoot 67 percent, we’re hard to beat.

Every night is a war.

We have to get ready for Seton Hall, watch how everything plays out and wish for that bye in the Big East tournament.

That was definitely a great test going into the Big East, because the Big East is going to be physical.

We haven’t played good defense the past couple games. We’ve got to play better defensively. There have been some mental letdowns.

That definitely hurt us with Levon, and especially Aaron, going out. Aaron never really got in a groove. We couldn’t really establish the low post the way we wanted to.

Chris liked how they treated him in his two years here. That made my choice easy.

We’re getting better, but our defense the last couple of games hasn’t been there. Teams have been scoring on us. We’ve got three more games to get it right before the Big East Tournament —...

We feel we have a good group of guards also. Me and ‘Tone come in for Carl and Ron, and they start off and do a good job. I think we held our own.

It’s very important. Every possession counts. We try to keep the turnovers to around 12 per game. Lately, we’ve been around 18 or 19. We’ve been getting away from it. We definitely have to keep...

We’ve just had some mental breakdowns. We have wins with this young team and we have losses with this young team. It is what it is now. We have to get better.

We think we can still do some damage, but of course, it’s a hard road.

Of course, I’ll be ready. I think I could have done it this year if Carl hadn’t come back.

Throw out all the seeds. Whoever plays the best is going to win. Watching the games today definitely gets the message through. I think last year, losing to Pacific, got the message through. Guys already...

The biggest thing for us is we’re undefeated, no matter what anybody else says. We’re good, and we want to just keep playing every game hard and trying to win.

There are no easy games in this league. It’s pretty even across the board.

We needed to hit a couple of deep shots to loosen them up a little bit. The shots weren’t falling, but we were able to hang in there with them.

It’s just another game, but it’s not just another game. (Because) now if we lose, we’re out. We just have to play our games and play hard and everything else will take care of itself.

Everyone will try to help out on him. We’re going to pay a lot of attention to him. Just paying close attention, making things tough for him and putting pressure on him, trying to make...

We definitely had a chip on our shoulder, because we lost our last game at home. We wanted to come in and prove something.

Our bench is strong, we just try to wear teams down, playing so many different people so many different minutes. We just try to keep fresh bodies in and get them down.

We’re going to win a lot of games [next season].

We felt like we got shots we wanted. We just missed. That’s just how it goes sometimes.

It just boosts my confidence to know I can do what I have to do to go out there and help my team out.

He let me know the ins and outs. He taught me how to do things, how to be a leader. Basically, he’s just been that senior leader and I appreciate everything he’d done for me.

All we can do now is sit back and wish for the bye.

It was too many turnovers.

A lot of people probably are going to start taking us a little more seriously.

Basically, we rely on our depth. We all expect to play well when we’re out there. (Friday) guys were making all their shots. Hopefully, we can build on this.

Carl makes everything easier for us. He’s taught us so much and prepared us for everything. He’s seen it all.