Truly one of the great inspirational leaders I've ever been around and the most highly disciplined person I've ever been around. I've referred to him as the George Washington of George Mason University, meaning he was the founding father. He was the true leader of the program, and everything we've done since then is a reflection of his communication to his teammates that what Coach L says (is) what we're going to do.
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Not until I looked up at the clock and there were under two minutes left. It was at 14 or 15 did I realize, 'Gee, we're not going to have a shot at this.' All through the second half, I thought at some point we'd start going into a nice offensive rhythm of inside-outside, taking the ball to the basket.Jim Larranaga
I thought we were going to play a great game today. We were in a perfect frame of mind. I was surprised we didn't come back.
Jim Larranaga
For us at this time, it was the very best possible scenario. When you're looking at the CAA hoping for a second or even a third bid to the NCAA tournament, playing highly ranked teams is the key. Beating them is the answer.
Jim Larranaga
We were in the perfect mental frame of mind. Our shoot-around this afternoon, I had to stop it, the energy level was so high. When we took the floor, I was still feeling that way. ... But at no point did we get the inside-outside play, the sharing of the ball. Some of the credit has to go to Florida, how they were able to defend our post men individually, not needing as much help.
Jim Larranaga
We never, the entire game, found our offensive rhythm. But you don't play the same every single night, basically because human nature comes into play.
Jim Larranaga
It's been an absolutely fantastic magic carpet ride. In the movie 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' Butch and Sundance were being chased by these detectives. They keep trying to lose them. They can't. They keep asking themselves, 'Who are those guys' That basically represents the George Mason basketball team.
Jim Larranaga
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