We found a combination there that was moving the basketball, and I thought we were pretty fresh with it. We got the spurt. I thought we were getting better and better shots.

That?s pretty impressive, nationally, that they think of us as a ninth seed. I think it?s recognition of who we played and who we beat.

The last two games, Charles has been our rock. He was a big key.

I think we have to take care of the ball in order to get some quick shots against them. They are obviously great athletes, great players. They get the ball up and down very quickly....

We haven?t even mentioned that. It was fit into our season, but it?s in the middle of our league schedule. Right now, the league is most important.

We know we’re a good basketball team. Even with rankings and all that sort of stuff, if you really knew our program you’d know these kids play for each other.

Charles used to drag Donald (Brown) to the gym every day. (Lee) worked with (Brown), helped him with his confidence.

Because of the financial situation, we used to get to the end of the steak dinner, and then you ask them to pay 42,000 dollars, and that was usually a deal-breaker. Now you can sit...

To be honest, we don’t know a whole lot yet about Arkansas, other than that they played very good basketball down the stretch.

We could have a 10th spot, if we find the right kid. But that?s still to be determined.

More than anything, it has been trusting and having confidence in our kids. It has been a lot of fun this year. Every time we have played, we have made a pact early to let...

I don?t see him playing this year. He?s really not getting a whole lot better. There?s been nothing official yet. We?re just going to wait until (classes) get back, talk to the doctor and go...

I thought we got a good boost from our bench early. They really got us going.

With 10 minutes to go, we felt like we had the game. But we learned what that kind of speed is. You cannot simulate how quick they are.

We did it the right way, we scheduled the right way.

In the first half we were a little impatient. They knocked us out of some things we were trying to do.

Brown has been tremendous all year long, at the beginning, I don’t know if he was wound up a little bit or what. He made some great plays down the stretch and he really came...

We?re from Pennsylvania. I?m not even sure they know where they?re at.

I almost threw them out. It was more like (the players saying), ‘When’s the game going to get here?

To be given a nine seed, the highest ever for a team from the Patriot League, shows that our program earned the respect of the selection committee and college basketball followers across the country.

We’ll start grinding as soon as we leave here. (Today) we’ll go back in there (for practice) and Tuesday as well.

The ebb and flow, the highs and lows . . . I think we’re still feeling it because it was the kind of game where you felt you had it, and let it get away.

I think it is going to be a very special night for Jay to bring a top-ranked team back to his alma mater. For me, it is a chance to welcome a close friend back...

It comes down to wills, and these kids didn’t quit.

We?re trying to keep as much of a routine as possible. If you change that, it gets into the kids? heads and they think this is something different.

It was just the kind of thing where we didn’t read it well. That was a miscommunication, and they happen in the game.

The way it’s gone down here, a dogfight to the finish, last shot would have pleased me just fine. We have that much respect for Lehigh. The way the last couple minutes went, I was...

The Thomas kid is doing it for them lately.

I think a couple of those baskets when we started the second half were kind of like inside baskets, where we stretching a little bit and then going. I thought we weren’t as impatient as...

It?s a chemistry situation defensively. The way we play, it does take experience, just like with a motion offense.

We’re honored and tickled about playing a 9-8 game in the NCAA Tournament. It’s quite historic for us as a program and we’re just real happy. We’ve had a great year and we’re looking forward...

I told the team they can either embrace the rankings or get cocky. I told them they haven?t been (cocky) all year. They have stayed focused on the task at hand.

We’re going to do what we’ve done all season. We’re taking them one game at a time.

We took advantage of the situation. They had two-and-a-half guys on Chris everywhere he went. We penetrated and, rather than finishing, we kicked it out and knocked down some shots.

They look so big on film. They?re all so long and athletic.

At the start of the second half, defensively, we were able to adjust to some of the things they did in the first half but I knew they would never go away and just tried...

I don’t want to go there. I can’t look at that. They’re good enough just by getting in passing lanes. We have a good basketball team, and we’ll play another day.

I did feel like the game was there for the taking from the beginning.

Everybody in the program is very excited about the schedule. It is a credit to our program that we have had a tough time scheduling games, but this year with the team that we have...

I think our kids were a little rushed. It’s playoffs and we played that way. We played really fast.

I think our feet have touched the ground, but just barely.

I don’t know if you can step out of character. This is a group of kids that’s level-headed, they realize how big things are and how important things are, but they have fun. They’ve taught...

I thought we were a little flat in the beginning (against Army). I was thinking about taking a time-out and getting on them a bit (after Army started with a 19-9 lead), but I have...

I thought we did a good job defensively in the first half of taking them out of their offense and that really set the tone for the game. We kept our intensity in the second...

I thought we had to go out there early and make them respect us. I thought we did a great job of that.

This time, we know the task that is in front of us. We came here to play two games. Believe me, we’re enjoying it, but we’re not getting ahead of ourselves.

I think the kids were really focused on yesterday’s walk and practice. There was an edge to everybody, because Friday night nobody was very happy and that really carried over today.

I thought the tone was set at 1:19 when Knight drove the ball and they called a foul on Abe. The clock stopped, and they’re scoring points. That’s the worst thing.

It’d be a lot easier if they took away the 35-second clock. Our team fits our personality and the type of kids we have. We play defense, take care of the basketball and we’re going...

Our place is filled every night and buses come with us on the road. This has created such excitement and as long as we take it in stride, we have some size and some handlers,...