Bob Thomason Quotes
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I thought they were supposed to pick teams, not conferences. Last year, the Big West got two berths because we deserved to go and Utah State won the tournament. This year, they were almost over fair. Utah State and Air Force had to be bubble teams, and if you have four or five bubble teams, you pick two and two or three don't get in. Cincinnati should have gotten in, but Syracuse ended up winning the Big East tournament. The Big East still got eight teams in. Cincinnati kicked itself out.
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If it's on ESPN, I'll start at midnight. I don't care. It was the No. 1 featured game, the only game going on at that time. It was late for the East Coast, but people on the East Coast watched, got a chance to see us.
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Without Bates, they didn't have the penetration they usually get.
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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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I think this is probably the best team we've played in the first round the last three years.
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Esparza was sensational tonight. He had a monster game.
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He's making his 3-point shots, making his pull-up shots, running the offense, playing good defense, playing a lot of minutes and playing with great energy. I couldn't be happier with the way he's playing. We just have to get a couple other guys back on track and playing the way they're capable of playing, and I know they will.
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I couldn't be more proud of our guys. A lot of teams drop down to .500 when they lose that many players. We didn't know what we were going to do early in the year, but these guys just battled, stayed tough and learned to win even when they don't play their best.
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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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I think New Mexico State is a really good team. The way they're playing lately, this is going to be a heck of a game for us.
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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 thought this was the first game all year we deserved to win and didn't.
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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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You have to create match-up problems somewhere. If you don't have any advantages, it's going to be a long day.
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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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We know that if we play well we can beat them. Our goal is to play better than we did. We might not shoot better, but we can play defense and rebound better.
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I'm proud as heck of our team, and we're just disappointed we don't have a chance to go on.
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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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Mike is bringing consistency to his position. He's been a little more aggressive of late and, hopefully, it continues because it's been fun to watch.
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We want to win this thing by ourselves. We've worked hard all year to get into this position.
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They might try to take Mike away with a zone, but they can't take away all our 3s.
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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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We just looked like a tired basketball team. We haven't had a day off since the day after Christmas, and we looked like a team that needed a break.