Brandon Bowman Quotes (10 Quotes)

I got a couple big offensive rebounds down the stretch that we kind of converted on. So plays like that, a couple tips here and there on defense, things like that ... Coach has been preaching to the team about.

We've come so close plenty of times. This one is definitely the greatest feeling.

The last 9 minutes of the game seemed like 20 days. Holding onto a lead like that and then knowing it's over it means a lot. ... We haven't gotten the big wins throughout our whole careers here, but today things fell our way.

I was in awe. Coach pretty much ripped us at halftime, tearing into us, and we took it to heart. This is the start of Big East season, and you don't want to start 0-1.

For the seniors, this is our first, last and only opportunity.

Their big men are very active shot-blockers who tend to leave their feet, and we used that against them. We went right at that zone inside to control the game.

I was feeling it today, doing whatever was necessary to win. We've got a lot of guys who can get it done on any given night, and today it was my turn. I did what I had to do when I got the ball, and we're moving on.

That was a good crowd. We're used to crowds like that in the Big East. But it was a good crowd, and they definitely made their feelings known.

I really want to beat Syracuse. We've never beaten them before, and that would top everything off completely and make us feel good about our last home game.

If they were size 16s or 15s, we would have been A-OK and come away with a victory. I've relived that shot a lot, maybe like 1,000 times. It was heartbreaking, because I thought we had won. But we've got another crack at them on Saturday. They played pretty well against West Virginia the other night. They seem to be coming into their own at the right time of the year. That's going to make us play even harder. We've just got to come out and take care of our business.