Tony Shaver Quotes (12 Quotes)

Brian has improved as much as any player I've ever coached. If you'd have told me this time last year that we'd be running plays to get him the ball, I wouldn't have believed it.

You play your fanny off for 34 seconds on the shot clock and Mason guard Lamar Butler knocks in a 30-footer. It can be demoralizing some times. They are a very explosive basketball team.

In my (three seasons) at William and Mary, they are the toughest team to guard. They've got a lot of weapons.

Part of (the improvement) is understanding shot selection. We've defined shot selection as much as we can for the players and the team. They understand that and now they are playing with more freedom.

I thought if they were going to beat us, they were going to beat us inside.

We have to learn to play with that kind of passion every night. If we do, good things are in store for this program.

We were aggressive with the ball, a little more confident with the ball and we just made some shots. It's an easy game when you make some shots.

I wish I knew what the answer was. But, we're going to keep working to find it and turn these hard-fought performances into victories.

We were dismantled by a fine basketball team tonight. I thought they were sensational.

I was proud of the effort. We asked our players to believe in themselves and compete. I thought even early in the game, when (VCU) got off to the great shooting start, you saw a good look in our kids' eyes.

I told our players we've got to learn to lay it on the line every day, like we did today. That was a great effort for our players.

I think we went toe-to-toe with them tonight and thats a good sign for our club.