Tournament Quotes
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The new format is great. It's run just like the women's tournament used to be.
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We knew before the tournament that this would be like a final for us, that it would be a tough group and that it wouldn't be a cakewalk. But everything is in our hands and that's why I am very confident...
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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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We said we would leave no stone unturned to get to Germany and now we are applying the same philosophy towards our tournament preparations.
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Spain always go into a tournament with the idea of performing the best we can.
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The Masters is a very important tournament. You don't want to jeopardize your chances. The sponsors understand that.
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Our guys played perfect basketball over the last three minutes. The first game of a tournament is a little tougher, but we handled it. We got through it, and now we know we need to play a great 40 minutes for a chance to go to the NCAA Tournament.
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You have to win 16 games, which is four rounds, then you have to play another tournament with the best of the west against the best of the east. They say it's one of the hardest trophies to win. You have to play the best teams at the end of the year, and everyone is tired and worn down.
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I was grinding like I was winning the tournament.
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My track record after winning a tournament is abysmal, ... I'll be ready. I'll be nervous tomorrow. The win makes it great. But even if I didn't win, I think I would be just as juiced as I am right now.
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Thank God this tournament starts tomorrow, ... Finally slept more than three hours last night. But I enjoyed that. And I expect that this week.
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Every tournament I go to, I'm kind of learning a little bit mentally and on the course.
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At the end of every tournament, to review every stroke and every hole, seeing what I can learn from the experience.
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I don't like all the glory, hand-shaking and general run of things after a tournament.
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Sometimes, it's just your day, ... You get the breaks. You get the momentum going, that's what it's all about. Coming into this tournament, I had a good feeling.
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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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The biggest thing is to have a mind-set and a belief you can win every tournament going in.
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Now I come down here and I see how much people care and how much our fans are into the ACC Tournament. I can't wait to get there. I just thought it's a tournament before the NCAA. It's a big-time deal.
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I train myself mentally with visualization. The morning of a tournament, before I put my feet on the floor, I visualize myself making perfect runs with emphasis on technique, all the way through to what my personal best is in practice.... The more you work with this type of visualization, especially when you do it on a day-to-day basis, you'll actually begin to feel your muscles contracting at the appropriate times.
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But we are nonetheless amazed and very pleased that our tournament has been so well received.
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We still haven't had a district tournament win. I'm still in the process of building the program, and we've got good kids coming up.
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I want to establish quality on both ends of the floor. It's very important going into the conference tournament that we're not just good on offense, but also good on defense. We have to have a better defensive conversion from offense to defense, we need to take care of the ball. I need to see a complete performance.
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If we get firm conditions, it's going to open the tournament up to a lot more guys.
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The presence of Cuba in the tournament ensures the highest level of competition for the tournament which, for the first time, will bring together the very best players throughout the world in a single event.
