Jim Rosborough Quotes (29 Quotes)

They were very nice. It was my impression they had a marvelous time.

The truth of the matter is that most (NBA) people have said that. You can't guarantee a lottery pick, but he's going to be bigger and stronger. He made a good decision.

Salim has been a pleasant surprise, too. He and Channing both deserve a lot of credit.

I hope he comes back, but I honestly don't know. He's been a little bit to himself.

It just boiled down to a playing time issue with Salim (Stoudamire) here. He is a good kid.

Do we need him Yes. It's up to Kirk to have a good week of practice so we can get him in. Then it's up to Kirk when he does get in the games to make sure it's positive for him and positive for the team. He's probably a little frustrated and we're a little frustrated, and yet my analysis is that we sure could use Kirk.

He's a guy who's going to come in here and not have high expectations of playing time or anything else. David's just a kid that's happy to be here. He'll do whatever we want in practice to help the team, whether that's run the scout team or work down low with the big guys ... whatever we need him to do.

He's a good kid. The guys like him, he's a personable kid, he's a good student - we're not going to have to worry about him in the classroom or anything - and kids from Mater Dei know how to play.

I think they want to get better. We had a really good practice on Friday. We got the kids' attention and now they're on a roll.

I told the guys I'm not going to say a whole lot, but that we cannot go up there, bust our fannies to sweep, and then come back and stumble on our home court. We're going to have to play hard. That's what they need to understand.

You're facing one of the toughest systems in the whole country. You never look forward to playing a Dick Bennett team.

Good questions. We'd be sitting here 22-4 if we played the 10 games we've lost like this.

Channing has had a fabulous year. He's going to be either the rookie of the year or runner-up. I would make him the rookie of the year.

It's very frustrating. Hassan is back, and he's an All-American candidate. Chris (Rodgers) can defend. And Staf (Shakur) is getting better. That's what's frustrating.

The truth is that we've played well in these cities. The goal is to go in there and sweep. Of course, their goal is to beat the heck out of us.

Kirk needs to understand this is going to be a whole lot more physical. They bang you, they push you. It's a whole new ball of wax.

We've got a lot to look forward to. I think we'll finally walk away from this crazy season feeling good about ourselves.

He's probably so tired they'll need to take him home on a stretcher. But I'll tell you what I'd hate to think where we'd be without him.

We looked each other in the eye and told the truth. The facts are Last six games, 11.5 points a game, three games out of double figures in the last six and every one was in double figures before then. You tell me. He just had to pick it up.

It was a whale of a game. That's my favorite memory of the place.

I still think we can be the best team in the league. There's a thin edge at this time of the season. But with five home games remaining, we've still got a lot to shoot for.

They pretty much took us apart. Something happened. Their defensive attitude changed.

He may need another week of rehab. We don't want to rush it, but he could go next week or the middle of next week.

The value of this is that there hasn't been a pickup game in history that was as good as a practice.

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.

You want to see what we saw last year, that he was kind of a fireball out on the court. We feel we can get more out of him, being one of the better four-men (power forwards) around. We expect him to be more consistent but we need to see more zip and enthusiasm out of him.

We all had some things we just had to point out. But it was for them to kind of watch and make comments.

It was a good night. We always had a hand in the shooters' face. We switched well. Our quickness enabled us to get a lot of long rebounds and convert them into points on the break. The guys are learning what we're teaching them.

It all depends on how you practice. Chris didn't have a bad practice today, but I thought Daniel had a very good practice. Chris is a great on-ball defender, but Daniel is probably a more complete defender.