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If he would have jumped up and hit a shot like (Lionel) Chalmers did two years ago, on almost the identical spot, I can live with that. Let the kids decide the game.

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We had our opportunities and we didn't take advantage of them. When you give a team like Syracuse and you let Gerry McNamara have a window of opportunity, unfortunately sometimes you have to live with the feeling we currently have.

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The committee wanted to send a message as to spreading the wealth. Despite the rhetoric we hear, I think there was a cap.

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Unlike previous years where you could really get geared up for one game, you can't do that in this league. Everybody's good. Everybody's capable. ... This league does not afford us the opportunity to win one for the Gipper. We don't have that mentality. It's a great opportunity for us and we know we still have work to do to meet our ultimate goal.

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It's hard for me to understand, so it's certainly hard for me to articulate to our kids what just happened.

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I thought he gave us the best chance to be successful. ... We were hoping the learning curve would be a little shorter for him than it is for most freshmen, and that's proven to be the case.

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His aptitude was good. He certainly was very attentive. He actually looked at me when I spoke, which I thought was refreshing.

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It comes back to an individual approach, it comes back to a tenacity, it comes back to a resilience, which I thought this team had identified. But for whatever reason, (Saturday), we allowed one mistake to compound into another. As a result, against quality teams you're going to be exposed and that's what happened to us (against Syracuse).

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Maybe a less experienced team it would be a factor, but they have these seniors and I think they'll approach it like any other game, because that's the way they play.

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They're very dependent on their core. I think they've got a little more depth than us because they can bring some bigger guys off the bench. But they don't have football, so that's one advantage we have, I guess, over them.

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I thought it took a lot of courage for coach to come. It shows you what kind of man he is. It's a tribute to these seniors. They wanted him to come. I thought it was fitting going against his alma mater in a game that decided our season.

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Obviously, it you have an opportunity to beat a team like West Virginia, which is a top-20 team in the country, that's another statement to solidify your chances.

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If they've shown anything through 16 games, they are fighters and they have a toughness, which is the personification of Cincinnati basketball.

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He's been playing exceptionally well. In the LSU game, he was the guy they went to down the stretch, so we know he's good. But we tried to pick our poison a little bit. This is a team with a Hall of Fame coach and a lot of good players.

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The intensity was really high, for it to be determined by a hand check are you kidding me Let the kids decide the game.

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When we thought we were starting to get back into the game, we did foolish things with the ball, which they capitalized on. Good teams do.

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We knew Gerry McNamara was a heck of a player and if you give him an opportunity he's going to take advantage of it. He did that. We knew that 2-3 zone was big and effective, which it was. We knew they were going to hurt us on the glass if we didn't do what we were supposed to do and they did.

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I met with Mike this morning and we talked about a number of issues and he was great understanding my position and granting me permission to speak with other people.

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Obviously, that's a formula for disaster, if you turn it over that many times. If memory serves, it led to 36 points for Louisville. Certainly our margin for error is such that we can't give teams 36 points off our ineffectiveness.

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I just want him to relax and enjoy playing the game. He seems to ride those peaks and valleys, which is typical for a freshman. I want to make sure our guys are enjoying this and look around, they're on national television and playing in front of 20,000 people at Syracuse. This is what they've wanted their whole life. Go out and enjoy it. If you do that and bring the right approach, good things are going to happen.

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We'll continue to be the same team. I don't have any doubt about that. We will hurt from this, we will regroup, and we will go and take on our next challenge.

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Theres no question in my mind that were one of the 34 best at-large teams in the country.

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I think we're all very frustrated. I think that's been the case for a couple of weeks. Honestly, we're just trying to keep our focus on the things we can control. There's nothing we can do about (Saturday) or the other seven losses.

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We needed him to step up. He and Eric (Hicks), out of our core, played really well (against Villanova). We didn't get production we needed out of a couple of guys. We were fortunate to be in it down the stretch. It's been different guys on different nights. We've had some guys be more consistent.

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I don't have a choice. I mean this sincerely, it would be a disservice to everybody who supports this program if I talk about what we can't do. You're not going to hear that from me. I'm really confident we're going to get this right on Sunday, and then we're going to try to steal a couple on the road.

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