We’re having a tough time right now. We’ve just got to keep swinging and keep grinding.

He is making it easy for Luke Nevill. Luke has a mentor in front of him who he competes against in practice. Luke is not out on an island by himself.

He does one thing really well: shoot the basketball. He’s not too difficult to scout.

Pretty big-time night a year ago. This is the way it is right now. But this game was no more important last year than it is right now.

I think he’s done an amazing job to keep it all together, especially without Welch. I don’t think anybody in this league thought they could sustain it.

Nothing seemed to work against him. He really impressed me. He’s become a real offensive force.

It was huge getting a stop right before halftime. LB, by being disciplined and getting a hand up and not fouling him, got our guys jacked up going into halftime.

We need to have a great effort defensively and take care of the basketball. I can’t imagine us not being emotionally charged up to play them.

If he’s preached (balance), he’s done a great job. The message has gotten through and his players have bought in.

They were the hardest team I’ve had to prepare for in 20 years of coaching, … A lot of it is the Princeton system, but a lot of it is (Mooney’s) coaching. They had a...

I don’t think it’ll change a whole lot for us. He’s a very good player, and he’s one of the leaders in the country in shot blocks and can really rebound the basketball for them....

Obviously, the timing of this is not great for us, but we will grant Richard his request. We wish him the best of luck.

It’s a one-game season now. You win and you advance, you lose and you’re done.

Andrew was the heart and soul of last year’s team. For someone who accomplished so much in such a short period of time, I think Andrew is certainly worthy of the honor.

Offensively, I’d say he’s more of a point guard. Defensively, I’d say he’s better off guarding a two.

I’ll take the blame. We were not ready to play. And when you’re not ready to go, how quickly something can turn and bite you.

I think San Diego State is obviously head and shoulders above everybody else with their experience. And after that, I think it is wide open,

To be honest with you, I thought he was having a heart attack this morning. He went down and had shortness of breath. He kind of goes down to his knees and I thought he...

Those kids coming out of that institute – find one who didn’t make it over here. Find one who is not successful.

As the head coach, I retain the right to discipline my players for a variety of reasons.

We’ve just kind of been in a fog since Monday and it’s my job to get us out of the fog. We’ll just try to pick up the pieces and get ready for Saturday.

I think it’s a really good game for us. Other than the fact Dick Bennett can really coach. I’m very impressed.

Money is the crux of our business. People take jobs because of money. Money ruins everyone.

Kersten has done a hell of a job. I was down there twice, and I don’t remember him. I’m watching him on tape right now, and I think he is really good.

It’s been hard for us taking pride in our defense, and hopefully we were able to take a step in the right direction today.

Those were as tough a couple of losses as I’ve had in a long time. In each game, we had a chance to get a stop to win it, and then we got an offensive...

I think he has a chance to be really good. I was probably more impressed in person than I was on tape. He’s explosive, and he really plays with a high energy and kind of...

Randy would do a great job, he’s ready to be a head coach. I don’t think he has a weakness. He just needs the opportunity. None of us had head coaching experience until we got...

I think we have lost some confidence. We’ll try to concentrate on a good week of practice and get the confidence back and a bit of swagger back.

We were looking at another kid on that team, who signed with Cal. But we liked Luca better.

He’s a horse down there. We tried to front him, had four different people guard him and were doubling him at the end.

They like to get out and double and get out and pressure us full court. We need to execute our press offense and try to be strong with it (the ball). We have seen a...

It’s a great opportunity for him. It’s one of those situations where he’s worked his butt off for a number of years. He’s very deserving. We hate to see him go, but that’s how it...

If the team ever needed a win, we needed one today. I take my hat off to our kids for enduring a tough week, not only on the floor, but off the floor. This is...

I think he is the most improved player in the league. He is so much more skilled offensively and creates a lot of problems inside.

That’s the game right there. They crawled right up into us and we couldn’t handle the pressure. Vegas did a good job of turning the pressure up.

We really need to work on the things that we can control. It all starts defensively. We can control our effort, our talking and our ability to understand what we are trying to do out...

I’m just proud of our team. We stayed focused for a long period of time. Even when BYU was playing well, our guys had a different look in their eyes.

It’s mental when things are going well. It’s funny how things happen. When things aren’t going well, you can’t kick one in.

I think (sophomore guard) Chris Grant has done a very good job. His assist-to-turnover ratio is best on the team, and he does the little things that we need right now. We don’t need to...

We didn’t quit and will continue to fight.

We had to do something different the second half because we had to catch up and score. We got around to being more aggressive and having the game start going our way.

He’s someone who can really pass the basketball and can score it and make his teammates better around him. We’re really excited to finish the six recruits off with him being the last piece of...

He was huge tonight when we needed him to rebound and play well defensively.

They made their runs and most teams would have folded. They were up by one point and our guys hung in there. It’s never perfect on the road, but we just found a way.

He hit some amazing 3s.

They do something different than people see in the course of the year. They switch one through five. It makes you stop and not attack, but you have to be in attack mode and penetrate...

To give back to the university like that is unbelievable.

We haven’t done anything. We need to remain hungry.

Our Achilles heel has been taking care of the ball. They can get out and pressure you, so we need to be ready for that.