John Beilein Quotes (99 Quotes)

It's been a long time since we lost three in a row. It's hard to bounce back, but it's my job to get these guys to do that.

We couldn't have done it without the crowd. It's a lot easier to dive for those loose balls when the crowd's behind you.

I think he has to dunk on you, like two times, before you realize you're playing against a giant of a man. Hicks is as good a player as there is in the league and certainly a player who will merit (All-Big East) first-team considerations.

(Marshall) played a great game and they're getting better every day. I thought they just played excellent defense on us. We did all of the things we wanted to do to get open shots and they just didn't go in.

If he can't play because he's got to make a delivery or whatever, we'll play on through it. We want Kevin and Heather to have a healthy baby, and we prefer that much more than a healthy game.

I have had 1,000 people tell me that they used to go in a pick-up truck with their father and drive up on a mountain and listen to the games on the radio. We must have had a heck of a gym because I have had a million people say they saw Jerry West play.

It's really good news that we're not living or dying by the three. And now we can look at the next game. Everybody knows who we play.

I think our kids don't know any different right now. So, we just attack each game knowing our opponent is a top-ranked team in the country and we hope we can squeeze out more wins.

I thought we had tremendous looks, but we just couldn't knock them down.

It wasn't, certainly, a textbook game of basketball. This is the type of league ... it's going to be so hard to win on the road. I thought South Florida just had a great game plan, and really made it difficult for us to do anything.

They were going to put us on the line and make us score that way.

Our usual trademark is to make foul shots down the stretch, and tonight we didn't. We had two of our best free throw shooters at the line.

It was a great basketball game. I was proud of the way we fought back in the second half and darn near won the game. Congratulations to Texas. They beat us twice this year.

This is a pretty big event. It makes basketball seem like nothing. If he's caught between games, or he can not make a game because of the delivery, then we'll just play on through it, and get better as a team. That's what happens. We'd prefer a healthy baby much more than a healthy game.

We need to play with confidence, there's no question about it. It means a great deal for us to be playing at home with a great crowd against a great team with a chance for us to be in the top of the Big East. That's a heck of an accomplishment.

The stats tell the story of the game. Pitt played a tremendous game. We'll learn a lot from this game. It was very hard to get open looks in this game.

It felt like 10 years ago that we had beaten a really good team. We didn't have that quality win yet.

Good players are worth nothing if you don't have good chemistry. Good players are good teammates.

They showed me so much courage.

No, ... that's my wife. I think she's waving to our son.

Senior players have helped us make our style work. It just opens the floor for us, whether people are in man or zone.

I thought we put on a pretty good clinic for most of the game. Kevin is really playing well and developing into a complete player.

It was a great basketball game. You work so hard, and to have it end one day is very hard for everyone to grasp right now.

Maybe we got a little fatigued there. We keep playing and playing and maybe that caught up with us a little. I created the problems a little. I knew that we were not going back to Morgantown for one day. That wore on us, because we're not a deep team. We need rest.

I havent been around the conference that long, but I cant think of a better one. It was a battle every night before this year. Adding Louisville, Cincinnati, Marquette and South Florida makes its even tougher.

I don't have any experience in this area. I've only had one child born during the season, but we were traveling on vans then.

We were just trying to win everyday at practice, so I can't say I ever thought about this. But to get to this point, it's very rewarding.

I don't care about seeding, they can seed us anywhere. We just wanted to get to the NCAA Tournament and play the best that we can play. People who complain about seeds probably are doomed to lose very quickly. It's like complaining about the officials. You can't do anything about them, so you do the best you can.

He's a one in a million kid. With English as his second language, it's certainly a unique situation.

When we don't get turnovers, we can't win. We had just enough late to hold on to the lead by playing tight defense and swarming the ball. We really dug out some ugly rebounds tonight.

He appears to me to be 100 percent. If you watch the way he plays, he is going to get injured because he is so fearless. And we need his fearless play today in order to be successful.

It was painful at times. I've watched bits and pieces of the whole game several times this week and it was a tremendous basketball game and they just kept coming back.

I would hope he's distracted like crazy. This is a pretty big event. It makes basketball seem like nothing.

I thought that's what he was going to try to do (miss). That's why I called a timeout. Thank goodness, he made the shot.

You knew it was going to be a root canal that whole second half. You knew they were going to keep coming at you. Sometimes with a big lead, it's tougher. If you're up seven or eight, they might be more conservative. We got worn down by their waves, but at the end we were still standing.

(Basketball) is nothing compared to what he and his wife are going to enjoy.

Going into these tournaments, momentum is way overrated. Look how we went into last year, with that loss to Seton Hall and then an unbelievable bus trip to New York.

We're all trying to get as many wins as possible and they took a major step with the win tonight. I thought they played tremendous defense on us. We couldn't make shots the way we normally do.

We started to shoot too quickly, maybe we played too smart and stopped attacking. We had good shots and didn't make them and that other team was charging. Then Kevin hit that big shot we really needed, the big dagger.

I can't think of two better people for this to happen to. Those two are special players. What a great honor for them and for us.

Mike practiced and looked good. We are not overly concerned.

His skill level, and my love for having big guys who can shoot, made the marriage work. He plays and shoots and passes the way I like our big guys to do it to make our offense and defense work.

It used to always be West Virginia football around here, ... Now it's West Virginia basketball. It's neat to be a part of it, but I know we'll have a lot of pressure on us. None of what we did means anything.

In games like this there are little three or four minute spans when you've got to be mentally tough enough when that other team is really challenging you. They're distracting your game and you can't give in and I thought we gave in a couple of times and it will be a great thing for us to learn from.

It's the great equalizer. The college game has never been hotter than it is right now, and the three-point shot has been a big part of that.

What I remember the first time is that they dunked about the first five or six shots. They did a great job against us, with dribble-drive penetration and finding (Eric) Hicks, finding (Jihad) Muhammad. They out-hustled us on many occasions in the first half.

It's ironic, sometimes, that a guy steals a pack of gum, and it's going to make the front page. But student-athlete of the year doesn't make a lot of news.

I'm just happy to be in the NCAA Tournament. This is terrific for us to go back-to-back years.

I don't know if there is a team in the country that can shoot 20 percent and still win the game. I thought we got good shots, but just didn't make them.

That's a very important thing, and I'll let him make that choice.