The Pac-10 Tournament is our next assignment and anytime we have an assignment whether it’s on the floor or in the classroom I tell these guys to do their very best. And that’s what they...

I understand we lost some great talent, including the player who would have been the best senior in the nation, … Losing a player of that magnitude will take a toll on any program. But...

Chad has proven to us he can make an impact this year,

Jeff has never been scared. This kid has a great chance at being a good player, although people doubt him.

We still have something to play for. When you don’t have anything to play for it’s a little easier to throw the towel in and start pointing fingers. Our goal is still the same —...

The one thing we’re trying to stress is to make sure we get good possessions. We didn’t get a shot the first five times [against USC], but fortunately for us our defense was solid enough...

They know they didn’t play very well on Saturday, so I think they’re really looking forward to getting back out there and trying to get that out of their system.

That’s a position we’ve struggled with. We’ve just got to find someone who can play the small forward. We need somebody to defend the position, rebound and score. We’ve got to do something to get...

We dug ourselves a hole because we were really flat the first half. We didn’t get up and defend and when we don’t defend we’re not going to be successful.

It was a key point in the ballgame. That swung the whole momentum the other way. The technical was pointless.

Our reputation nationally is very good right now. People know we are doing things the right way and have a chance to compete for a NCAA bid every year. We need to create some energy...

I think it’s a great fit. It will really showcase his skills.

You’ve got to have toughness, which they have. You’ve got to have athletic ability, and you’ve got to have experience.

After the turnovers, I think we dropped our heads a little.

When Jeff isn’t in foul trouble, it changes everything. It allows everybody to settle in and play a role.

For it to happen, it took a guy who was a little bit of a rebel. It also took somebody who wasn’t afraid of losing his job. Haskins was that guy.

I think the biggest thing is people are getting down and defending the three a little better than they were before.

I hate to see him go. He’s been great for the game of college basketball.

We’re longtime friends, we’re golfing buddies. I told him, ‘Good luck in retirement. Of all the people I know you deserve it,’ and I said, ‘I love you’ and he said he loved me.

I told them I appreciated their effort. You know, these kids could’ve quit all year long, but they never did.

They have progressed at different rates, but both have matured a lot on the basketball court. Their patience on both ends of the floor is getting better.

All I know is that I’m the basketball coach here at ASU. I have a contract. I have a year left on my contract. I’m looking forward to going and coaching this week.

Going from Washington’s pace to Washington State’s presents issues, especially for a young team without much experience.

They know each other on the basketball floor, but they also are good for each other. Jeff is more cerebral and knows how to keep his emotions in check. Sylvester has had trouble controlling his...

I’ve never coached against a team with only three turnovers in one game in my life.

The biggest thing is lack of patience on the offensive end. You’re not going to score if you don’t get a look at the basket, so we need to take better care of the basketball.

It’s difficult when your freshmen are leading you. You have to give 40 minutes of effort in college basketball to be able to win and we didn’t do that tonight.

If you think you’re snake-bit, you’re already defeated.

We really worked on him. We really tried to front him. We tried to make him work hard to get the basketball. I thought we did a good job on him. We just couldn’t keep...

He really ran the ball club [against California]. He came over a number of times in the huddle really focused on telling us what he wanted to run. If I have a kid who feels...

Serge is moving better. He’s jumping better.

It’s very encouraging. They certainly came in and gave us a huge lift. I think all those guys are getting better as time goes on and you have to have your bench to be successful.

It’s a challenging job because you are in a league that’s a tough league and in a city that’s a pro city and you have limited prospects in the area. So it’s a challenging job,...

We talked at the half about making sure we came out and did not have a lull. We wanted to make sure we stayed aggressive, moved the basketball and moved our bodies. I thought they...

With him in the ballgame, we are a different basketball team. We have a place to go inside to get some baskets and rebounds and he alters shots.

We just didn’t put two good halves together.

Obviously the longer it goes on the more concerned we get.

Early foul trouble killed us. We’re not deep enough to sustain our front line without those two guys on the floor.

I’m not going to talk about that. I’m not going to talk about speculation.

I think there’s a time when most folks know to go.

You can’t let them go on a run like that, we knew that. That is why I called all of the timeouts, I was trying to keep the runs down, but I only had one...

We keep putting ourselves in position (to win). We’ve just got to do the small things. We just didn’t get the breaks we needed, at the time, when the game was in the balance.

Obviously our defense wasn’t very solid tonight, we can’t give up 100 points to anybody and be successful. We came out flat in the first half and fought back in the second half but we...

He’s coming out of junior college, so he’s still learning on this level. It’s a growth process for him, but he’s starting to mature a little more and has been getting better every basketball game.

Regardless of what happens (tonight), we’ll give them off on Thursday.