Josh Boone Quotes (33 Quotes)

It's just a matter of us really focusing on what we need to do and not letting other outside things throw us off track. I know we've already experienced a bunch of things throughout this year with things happening outside the court and expectations and thoughts about what people should be doing and everything. I think so far we've done a really good job of playing basketball and not worrying about all that other stuff.

There are no perfect games in the NCAA Tournament. It's just survive and advance. The bottom line is we're not going home. I was sleepwalking this morning. But you know you have to get up and do it again today.

Just really being stronger was important for us, and being tough on the inside. A lot of times we were able to get the ball inside in the last game but they would come in, and you've got guys slapping at the ball and everything and we were getting it taken from us. This game, we made sure as soon as we caught it we were ball-tough and that nobody could take the ball from us.

It felt good to make a play like that at a time like that.

It's definitely going to be fun. I haven't been able to get back in a long time, but the bottom line is we're playing basketball. It's going to be good to see people, but at the same time, we need to focus on what we need to do.

He just presents a much different task in the fact that he's 6-11. As one of our coaches said, he's got one of the quickest releases in the conference. Being 6-11, you're not going to block too many of his shots. You just have to stay at home with him and pressure him every time he gets the ball.

It's about time. I haven't been playing the way that I can. Once we established that we weren't going to allow them to push us around and poke us, they got a couple of quick fouls, and once that happens to you, you can't play as physical as you want. Once we saw that, we just took it to them more.

Just never let up. I thought we had really figured that out, but tonight was one of those nights where it happened. I don't think it will ever happen again with us.

It was just a matter of being ready to play. It's a matter of being ready as soon as they throw the ball up, not waiting 10 minutes. ... I hope we look at this and realize we can't ever do this again. Because if so, that's going to be the last game for a bunch of us. This is that final wake-up call.

He's our heart and soul. I doubt we could have made it this far without him.

We all felt that we had a team that was capable of making a championship run. It didn't happen this year. It was close, but getting close doesn't always do it.

I dont think theres anything that you can really build on. Its just the knowledge that you need to approach every game like its the last game youre going to play.

He loves to be in the spotlight, the center of attention. And as you can see, the kid makes some fantastic shots.

It's always fun to come out here and perform. We'll help the young guys out. It's going to be everybody's job to keep them focused.

The Villanova loss was tough but we showed a lot of grit and poise bouncing back from that game.

When we want to, we can put points on the board and its just a matter of really focusing in on the team. It took us a couple minutes to focus, but once we did we showed at times how good of a team we can be.

Mainly it's Marcus, to be honest with you. Marcus is telling me a whole lot of times where to go. He'll just come up to me after a play and say, 'Next time slip that.' I'll be like, 'All right,' and he'll just throw a perfect pass. It just really helps to have a guy like him on the floor leading us.

If we don't have the most talented team in the country, we are among the top three or four.

They're on a roll, they're playing really well and it's basically going to be a home game for them. It's going to be a little bit tougher on us, but we're going to have to put everything aside and just play basketball.

I have been a part of one of the greatest comebacks in college basketball history when we beat Duke two years ago. This tops that.

I honestly had to force myself to watch part of the (Big East title game) on Saturday. It's just so tough knowing it could have gone so many different ways and it was just the fact that we didn't show up ready to play. Instead we kinda showed up to play 10 minutes into the second half.

And hopefully by that time things will be worked out. Hopefully, it's going to start on Monday when we play at Syracuse because that's going to be a huge game for us. Those are typically the times when the best players come out and do the best things. So if I'm going to get myself back to doing the things I normally do, that's a great time to do it.

It's great to see him playing well and great to see him playing defense, doing all the things he's been doing for the last four years.

I think thats having nine guys who can come in and play. Thats having guys like Denham Brown and Hilton Armstrong, senior leaders, who have been there before. In tight situations, you know theyre going to make good plays.

I think he realized the situation and that this probably wasn't the time for screaming. He did a great job of motivating us and getting us to focus on exactly what we need to do and block out all the other stuff and don't worry about the score.

There's going to be a whole lot of pushing, a whole lot of shoving, but that's the type of game that they like. We do play well in those type of games. We're a running team, but I think we've proven throughout this year that we can be a physical team as well. We're just going to have to prove it even more so.

I have no idea what I'm doing next year. I'm not worried about that right now.

When you want to stop, and you don't think you can give any more, you think about that Pittsburgh jersey in here. Looking up at the scoreboard, seeing that you're down 10 at the end of the game. That gives you a little extra motivation.

It's just a matter of seeing the situation and knowing that somebody has to step up for us to win games like this. When (South Florida) came back, somebody had to make a play, get a rebound, make a defensive stop.

Over the last three years at Connecticut, I have played with, and against, the highest level of competition in college basketball. I feel now is the time for me to explore the option of testing my basketball skills against the best players in the world.

Things just haven't been going my way the last couple of games, but, you know, as long as the team keeps winning that's all that really matters. We're doing well. We're 14-1 so I can't really worry about myself too much.

I don't think that is the case at all. We come out there hard to play everyday and we always give it our all. I just think we have a hard time focusing at times.

It's great, especially in a game like that, to get a win like that against a great Kentucky team, but at the same time we still have a lot of work to do. Coming in, it was 80 minutes until Washington. Now it's 80 minutes until Indianapolis. That's what it is, and it starts with 40 minutes against Washington.