The things that we went through back at Inglewood High, we were going to have to deal with in years to come. We just didn’t know it then. That’s the bane and the blessing.

It was a heck of a ballgame. I obviously don’t like the way it ended up. I thought it was lopsided in a couple of ways.

This is a great opportunity for us to potentially get what I would call an extremely quality win on the road. And a home-and-home is really great because, if we were to pick, this is...

The referee said (Fisher) threw a punch. It’s a bonehead move if he did it. I didn’t see it.

They’re a team that tries to slow the game down, and we’re a team that tries to play as fast as possible. It’s going to be a matter of who can get the tempo to...

I don?t think that our guys will ever quit in a game. Our guys have so much heart and they take it as a personal challenge to never be out-worked. I thought that we played...

With my pedigree and the success that we had in our first year, people would constantly ask me about staying and this restructuring really shows the commitment on both ends that we are in this...

Really, all you can do is try to take the things that happened to you negatively and try to overcome them.

For me being new here, it’s everything I thought it would be. It bodes well for us in general. I’ve heard coaches say this is the best field we’ve had in a number of years....

I think he’s a solid player ? he shoots the ball well for his size and goes to the hole hard. I’d like to see him put the ball on the floor a little better,...

To best honest with you, I don’t think anybody wants to play us. Our level (of play) can go from the middle to very high, depending on how we’re flowing that night.

It was a gutsy performance by my guys tonight. San Jose State played extremely well in the first half. They dominated us on the boards. We’ve been close so many times, and we’ve been growing...

Gibson is one of those players that had a chance to go to one of the major conferences so he is a very good get for us. I think that he is a very solid...

They’re a team that wants to slow the game down. And we want the game to be as fast as possible. So it’s really going to be a matter of who can get the tempo...

Defensively, down the stretch of the game, you couldn’t have asked for more athleticism and smarts. I put a challenge out to our guards to defend off the dribble and they did.

I kept him out of the game in Hawaii so he would be 100 percent for the start of the tournament.

He’s 7 feet; he’s just big. Fortunately for us, he’s not a great offensive player, so if you play behind him and make him take shots over the top, you have an opportunity (to rebound).

I wasn’t pleased with the 36, but I didn’t think it was a dominant 36.

We’ll survive it. But for new coaches it puts you behind the eight ball.

I’m disappointed in our energy level but I preface it by saying I thought it could happen because of the emotion we had on the road against Nevada and the big win at Utah State...

After Elijah got hurt, I guess the guys dug deeper and came up defensively. They got things taken care of.

I really think the winner of the WAC is going to have three or four losses, more four than three. That’s good for the WAC.

It’s disappointing for my guys. But the great thing about it is that before this season started, who would have thought that we’d be disappointed by not making the N.I.T.? So the glass is definitely...

I think they burned us in the half court. That’s where we got burned mostly.

It’s everything I thought it would be. Us winning at Pacific and Louisiana Tech winning. Fresno State played Creighton very strong. It bodes well for us in general.

The key is my guys have learned how to win and learned how to finish games.

Our coaches taught us that, as young black men, it’s not enough to be good. If you’re not better than, you’re not going to get the shot, … Not on the court, not in life.

We have guys that haven’t played a game in a year, so the trip this summer will help us in a lot of ways. We’ll be able to build chemistry and get some guys some...

You look at it. This is a big weekend for us. If we come away with a split it puts us in a good position to make some noise right at the end.

It’s a real difficult question to answer because they’re all very different. This (Nevada) is a more athletic team than Utah State. But Utah State is the best shooting team in college basketball. They’re almost...

It’s up in the air.

Anyone who will not say that ultimately those experiences broadened their lives probably wouldn’t have been able to adjust wherever they were, black or white,

I think not making the NIT will fuel our fire for next year.

I’m not really about having to go back and play them back to back like that. From a psychological standpoint, when you have to play the two best teams in the league two weekends in...

I think this is great on a couple of levels because it allows a new coach to have his entire team together and it allows you to have a choice between practices and skill development,

I’m disappointed, but not angry because I thought our guys played extremely hard. We had our chances, we just did not do the things down the stretch of the game that would allow us to...

But developing team chemistry is very important.

He’s a pro. He’s got the full package. There’s very little he can’t do. Great players find a way to get it done. He’s going to score his points and get his rebounds.

We’re playing on pins and needles. We can’t have a drop in our confidence, because we have so many deficiencies on our team.

We took their best shot and never quit. A lot of times when a team is hitting 3-pointers, it takes the air out of you, but not these guys. It shows what kind of heart...

It changes the whole makeup of our team.

I wasn’t sure what he meant by that.

There’s got to be some sort of grace period to see if there is improvement (for new coaches) before you get hit with a penalty. We’ve got a new AD, a new president, new programs...

You don’t find people who understand how to run cuts and come off screens looking to score. I just really appreciate his ability there.

With all that happening, what cost us the game were the errors we made down the stretch. Having to play Nevada and Utah State all over again, I have to coach morale. It can affect...

No doubt he gave them solid minutes, which is what a sixth man is supposed to do.

The turnovers about gave me a coronary. But I think part of that was due to fatigue.

It’s about rebounding. At Hawaii they beat us on the boards and I thought that was the key to this game tonight.

Right now, we’re on the verge of something pretty special.

He can shoot, that’s really the bottom line. I watched the tape probably 10 times. He had open shots, but he also had hands in his face. He knocked them all down anyway. When you...