Allan Ray Quotes

We thought when we came here that we were going to be in the tournament every year. But I'm kind of glad how things worked out because we went through so much and worked so hard to get where we're at now ... It wasn't an easy road for us. Nothing was handed to us. We had to deal with many different issues and that makes it even sweeter.

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I got a lot of good looks. A lot of them were in and out. It just wasn't falling for me today.

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He jumped up there before me and I couldn't get there right away. My hand got caught up in his arm and the ref called the foul.

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They matched everything we did. We made a run. They came out and stopped it. If we missed a wide-open shot, they came down to score. The transition, they got the stops when they needed to, and they grabbed the big rebounds at the times that they did.

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That's just what we do. That's how we play. That's our system. Until somebody decides to stop us guards, then we'll continue to do that. Once they do stop us or we have an off night, we have guys that we can go inside too. A lot of people don't think we have an inside game.

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That's why I was hanging my head. When it first happened I was like, 'You can't be serious, not another knee injury.' That's why I was so scared. We've had a lot of knee injuries on this team and I didn't want to be another one.

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In practice, I was shooting the ball pretty well and I was really confident with my shot. I didn't have a problem with the eye. I wasn't thinking about it. I came into today's game like it (the injury) didn't even happen.

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That was my mistake. I was supposed to be in front of Rudy at the time and I let him catch it behind me and that was why I picked up the foul. That was definitely my fault.

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When I was on that floor and couldn't see anything, that was one of the first things I was thinking about, I'd probably be blind. I thought I was. I couldn't see anything. Everything was burning. Pretty much, my life just flashed in front of me.

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With all the media attention and all that's going on, I don't want all the focus to be on me. I just want to say my eye's fine, there's nothing wrong with it, so please no more questions about it. I just want to focus on basketball.

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As long as you get the win, that's the bottom line. It doesn't matter if it's by one point or two points, a win is a win.

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I was pretty comfortable out there. My vision was good the past few days, so I just came in and I felt pretty good.

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The great teams find a way to win.

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I've practiced two times already and the practices were great. My vision is back 100 percent, and I'm ready to get back out there and just play.

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The brace was really good, it eliminated the pain. Even if I was on the bench I was still going to cheer the guys on. Just to play was very special.

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We had a chance to see a lot of different styles of play and you had to adapt to the different style each team plays. Thats going to help us come tournament time because the game in the Pac-10 is different from the Big East and we know how to adapt to the different styles. Im glad I had that opportunity.

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Jeff Pierce, our trainer, gave this to me and it really keeps things tight. It takes away a lot of the pain.

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Like Randy said, this is going to hurt for a while.

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The last two years, Coach Wright's been real in depth with what he wants us to do. He definitely defined everyone's roles on the team. He basically just bases the offense on guys doing what they do best.

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The real good teams and the real great teams find a way to win.

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We realized it as soon as the game was over. We ran into the locker room yelling, 'Big East champs' That was such a good feeling.

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I just hope the MRI is in my favor.

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(Syracuse) gave us a lot of open looks. When you give good players open looks, it's hard not to miss.

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He just said not to worry because it could be something little.

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It was tough coming down those steps for the last time.

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