We're disappointed we're not in the NCAA tournament, knowing that one or two games was the difference. That really makes you disappointed. But our program will never be at the point where we can look our noses down at the NIT.
I'm not sure we have to go to the Final Four, but we have to have more postseason success. That would give us more credibility.
I thought he did everything he could tonight. Everyone will look at his 20 points, but I thought his defensive effort was pretty good.
Of the 15 shots he took, I'm not sure how many of them were good looks. We did a good job contesting his shots. Any time you hold him under 10 points, you have a good shot to win.
I talk to the players all the time about not making excuses. I'm probably the worst at making excuses. You've just got to keep going. The players have shown a lot of resiliency, and I appreciate that.
Any time you hold him under 10 points you have a chance to win, because he's awfully good.
The guys played with some energy tonight. We got a few shots down, which helped us get going. This time of year, when you don't play for 13 days, that's really a long time.
I thought we showed a lot of resiliency and toughness in fighting back. We were in trouble, obviously.
It's been one of those years where it comes down to a missed free throw or a missed rebound. Everything was so close.
I hope we're getting all of our injuries out of the way for the next couple of years.
They've won a lot of games in a lot of different ways. Buzzer-beaters, last-second shots. We've had our chances, we just haven't been able to get over the hump the last few years.
He's had some big games. We felt like the zone might give us the opportunity to contain him. For the most part, it did a decent job.
We wanted him to play. We thought we had a chance to have a decent team, and we knew he was a big part of it.
That's probably the third game they've won for us this year. The crowd wouldn't let us quit.
There will be no whining or complaining from us. We had our opportunity. We didn't take care of business. The committee does a fine job every year. We're not going to complain or talk about any teams that got in.
Brian has been ready for this opportunity for a long time. He's always done an outstanding job for me at Creighton, Kansas State and Marshall. Obviously I'd like to keep him with me, but in this business you realize that everyone's time comes to step up to that next level, and I really think it's time for Brian.
When we have an opportunity to play the larger schools, they see the difference is just not there. Basketball is a home-and-road sport and, traditionally, the big schools have always played at home. Now when the smaller schools get them on a neutral court, the gap is not what the public perceives it to be.
We've gone through years where we've had really good teams at the top, but I'm not sure we've had a balance of six teams like this year. I'm not sure we have one great team, but we have six really good teams.
I'm kind of taking a wait-and-see attitude. In the past I'm not sure it's helped us a great deal or hurt us a great deal, but it has given us some exposure on that Saturday.
It's hard to say a month out what your league deserves, but we've got six teams playing pretty good basketball. This last month is going to be interesting for our league like it is for all leagues, but when it's all said and done, we'll have a number of teams that deserve attention.
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