Bill Herrion Quotes (18 Quotes)

Im very proud of how they played. They played their hearts out for 45 minutes. Coming off the other night against Maine at home I was concerned with how wed respond. Its just a great win for us.

I think our kids deserve a lot of credit. They really, really played their hearts out tonight. ... I think whats happened with this team is our overall toughness and competitiveness have improved. Were learning and understanding the fight.

N. C. State is a very good basketball team, and they're really hard to play against. I love the way they play. Herb does a great job with that program. They have a lot of weapons, and you really have to pick your poison defensively. They're a very efficient team. I like their chemistry.

We hit some timely shots. Every time Dartmouth made a run at us we seemed to make a big three.

We got beat by a much better basketball team today. They had a lot to do with how we played.

You know what Having been in this for a long time, I havent seen too many easy games this time of year. When you get to this time of year theres no secrets. You have to be on top of your game no matter who you play.

At this time of year Id rather just play games. The more time off the worse. I dont like the week off thing.

What we like about (Roybal) is he has great speed and quickness, hes a very good passer and he really defends the ball. We think he will fit right in.

Physically, hes playing out of position. He has a three-mans body trying to play the four at this level.

I was a little surprised. They have 21 wins, played tough in the bracket buster, played some teams tough in the non-conference. ... I think theyre a pretty good 16th seed.

We just lost our patience on offense. We had guys stepping out and shooting threes who dont shoot threes.

At times we looked like the Washington Generals on defense. Their guys were wheeling around in the post and laying it in.

He's a gym rat. Most college coaches know him from when he used to make the rounds in the shoe business. He's got involvement in basketball at every level. He's got the pulse on a lot of things, knows a lot of people.

I dont think the effort was a total issue today. We played pretty hard. But its one thing to play hard and another to play well and do your job.

You never want to see anybody leave. But that's college basketball. The most important thing is that kids be happy. It's his decision. We wish him the best.

These kids know the deal. They know the standings. They look at the stuff on the Internet. But I dont want to jam it down their throats.

They have a lot of weapons, and you really have to pick your poison defensively. You can play man, but they're very patient in their offense and take you to the basket. Then, when you play zone, they spread you out and kill you with 3-pointers.

He's gotten really big. He's a heck of a player. I loved him last year as a freshman, but when I look at him now, he's really gotten big and can move. It looks like he's gotten stronger this year, physically. If they start getting strong play out of him in the post, State is going to be really hard to stop.