We haven't done nothing. We worked hard to get home-court advantage and we took care to keep it. We just held serve. We took care of business at home. They say a series doesn't start until somebody wins a game on the road. Hopefully we can start this series on Saturday.
Quotes about home-court (16 Quotes)
It's definitely a step backwards because we didn't take care of home-court advantage. St. John's came in here and stole one from us.
It was a gutsy effort. As I've said, I think the home-court advantage in basketball is more of an advantage than in any other sport.
This achievement is a testament to the wonderful fan base we have here in Seattle and something we're very proud of, ... I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all Storm fans who continue to make KeyArena the best home-court advantage in the league.
We are still playing for seeding and the division and then you are fighting for home-court advantage. It is still not out of the realm of possibility that you can continue to climb up. There is a lot to continue to play at a high level for.
It's a great college basketball atmosphere. Binghamton has created that home-court advantage. Basketball is their sport. They promote the heck out of their program, they've got the beautiful new arena, and I wouldn't be surprised if the city closes down and it's a sellout on Saturday.
(Tonight's) game is so important to this group. You can't give up home-court advantage. We have nine games remaining, five which are in this building. We've got to take care of business at home.
Our message the whole week has been, we're going to be in this type of atmosphere seven or eight times this year. It's a very strong home-court advantage, as strong as it gets in college basketball.
Tuesday night is a very important game for this group. You cannot continue to give up home-court advantage. You have to protect your home floor. We've got nine games remaining, five of which are in this building. We've got to take care of our business at home.
I expect a hard-fought series from Denver. We got home-court advantage, and that should help. The Nuggets are a tough club, and so is Dallas. I felt that we matched up well with either.
They've been playing well. It'll be tough. We have home-court advantage and we'll play our style of basketball and see where it goes.
It was one thing to drop out of the Top 25 after we won by 30 at Utah and broke their long home-court winning streak. But to see that banner It got our attention. We had some good motivation everybody was counting us out.
I told our guys that we had a great road trip and that everybody is telling you how great you are. The reality is, we have 35 games left and we have to take care of business. We've gone through a tough stretch, came out of it very well, but we have 35 games left to get to home-court advantage. We've got 35 games left to catch Phoenix. There are all kinds of things out there left for us to do. Right now, our goal shouldn't be to make the playoffs. Our goal should be to get home-court advantage.
We definitely have to (win in Washington). If you look at series standards, basketball standards, they did what they had to do by coming in here and stealing home-court advantage. We have to go to D. C. and take it back.
I don't think that playing Milwaukee ... is going to be easy. I think we knew that going in, and especially with Milwaukee because they've got guys that are capable of getting 40 points against us. We just have to be careful with them and take care of home-court.
Having three kids in double figures and having five other people score was a benefit. And it was definitely a benefit to have home-court advantage.