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It would be hard for anybody in the country who lost seven players. You never know how guys are going to respond, but our guys have responded pretty well. Now, we have an opportunity, and we have to capture that opportunity.

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Last year we could handle bigger teams. This year that's definitely a concern of mine. We had a team that could match up with anyone last year. We don't have a team like that this year.

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Esparza was sensational tonight. He had a monster game.

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They'll be absolutely ready to go. We won't fool anybody. Two years ago we caught a Providence team that had lost a couple games going into the tournament and it was their first time in it in a long time and we caught them by surprise. Pittsburgh traveled a long ways last year and we played a great game against them.

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I think Karl Benson is really taking care of his guys, and I think there has to be more fairness in the way this is done.

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I think this is probably the best team we've played in the first round the last three years.

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You listen to that all year. Digger Phelps said he saw the Missouri Valley Conference and said it was 'sorry.' He said that all year.

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There haven't been a lot of easy games here over the years. They've always played well here.

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I thought this was the first game all year that I thought we deserved to win. I thought we did a great job. I think we brought our toughness to the table, and we just had a few things slip through our fingers.

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With all the information we have, it's something that can be handled pretty simply, and he won't be out a very long time.

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Sometimes Christian's our scoring leader, but tonight he wasn't. Tomorrow, that will be your job, Christian.

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Our guys are hungry to prove people wrong. This team has taken a lot of flak. Everywhere you turn, people are questioning how well this team can come around. I just said, 'Give it time. Give it time.' Well, here we are, and whatever happens the rest of the year, I'm going to be proud of this team.

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I couldn't be prouder of the guys that participated the last two years. They set a great standard for our program. They're great role models and great kids.

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If they beat us, they'll probably have the league pretty well in hand.

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They're in really, really good shape, but what we have to worry about is playing well. This is a big week for us, too, because two wins would put us in a situation where we're competing for the league championship.

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There were other things, too - things we didn't do as well as we would like - but that's the way it is. It was a tough call, but you've got to live with it and move on.

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If they ever do, they've got to take my picture from about 20 years ago when I was kind of thin. I don't want a fat statue out there.

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He's a role player on our team, but I think sometimes he limits his role more than he should.

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We really didn't deserve to win. We just didn't have great emotion and we had all week to get ready for this game. I'm amazed. I thought we were going to be excited.

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I thought Christian was really a great player tonight. He was real aggressive, real active and real focused on what he had to do.

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Last Saturday morning, the day of the game (the Big West tournament final against Long Beach State, a 78-70 victory), I get a call from my dad. My son's wife just had our first granddaughter back north (in Walnut Creek), so as soon as the game ended, I had some pizza with the players and went to bed, and the next morning at 530, I drove back up to see them, had to go 101 because the Grapevine was closed, and then drove to Stockton for the selection show. I haven't had time to celebrate, but I'll be able to celebrate that every day.

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They hit a lot of tough shots. You've got to give them credit for making the shots they had to. I don't know if I've ever coached a game where a team shot 70 percent in the second half and we still won.

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It's not like they've been losing a lot, and we got after them. I love that. I was looking to see if we were going to be tentative or aggressive, and I was happy to see us being aggressive. I hope we see the same thing (today).

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We know people can beat us in our conference. That's why we have to see if we can play our best basketball over the next four games.

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I don't want to get fined or anything, but it's a call you don't see much in college basketball.

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