Keith Dambrot Quotes (20 Quotes)

Bubba wants to explore his options elsewhere, and our program wishes him the best of luck.

Mentally, you figure out that if you're not strong enough, you need to get in the weight room. The hard part is all that skill and knowledge and ability, and he's got that. It's a tribute to their staff to find a guy like that who slipped through the cracks.

We couldn't guard them in anything we played. If you can't guard them in anything you play it's kind of a sickening feeling. We knew going in it had to be a 68-62 game. Hell, they had 48 at halftime.

For us to come in after 17 years of never being in the postseason since Coach Huggins was here, you couldn't write a better script then to play Temple. For a fledgling group like us, to come in and be able to play them is just a great honor.

If Jay Smith isn't the coach here, then this university doesn't know what it is doing. This is a cyclical league, and he has the pieces in place to get back to the top. You can see it with how hard his kids play even when they are down.

I really like our team. These are good people. They respond so well. They care about each other.

They have been playing well. I come into every game thinking it is going to be close. I thought it was going to be a nip-and-tuck game. We just got it done on defense.

You're talking about a team that has great recent tradition in Western Michigan. Our guys aren't stupid. They know this team is capable of beating us. We know we have to play our best basketball.

Twelve minutes. We got into the locker room at 758, and we talked about until ten minutes after 8. That was it. I don't want to bring it up again. We have to move on because we have four tough games left.

They will come in with a chip on their shoulder after last year. But we have an incentive, too. It's going to be a big game. But all of them are big.

I don't think they should be in it. You don't see Gonzaga in it. Didn't they beat Gonzaga by 21 in the (2004) NCAA Tournament It is a waste of their time. It is a no-win situation for them.

They're prepared to play. Nervousness isn't going to be an issue. You're talking about a team that traveled the country after I left.

We put on our board (in the locker room) the word 'spurt.' Teams play even. Then somebody goes on a spurt and then another. Most games are won by spurts. Whoever has the most spurts wins games.

We have to look ourselves in the mirror and figure out a way to beat them.

It was a tough game. They shot well, and we played below average. They have been to the NCAA Tournament the last two years and were an AP Top 25 team before the season. We caught them on a good night.

We have to do a good job on their big three, and make sure none of their (other players) hurt us.

The biggest difference between the two teams isn't talent, it's that belief factor. Teams that haven't won have that doubt in their mind. We won a lot of close games last season and our kids believe in themselves.

We needed to clinch Cleveland. That's a key for this team because we are not that deep.

I thought they were in trouble when they left here, but they rallied. They will be in every game because they defend.

Our heart goes out to (Collins). Hes a great player. We just hope hes healthy.