Mike Gansey Quotes (21 Quotes)


    We definitely have to play very well to beat a great team like UCLA on their home floor. But I'm looking forward to the challenge and I know we're going to play well. It is really an honor to get a chance to play against a team that has so much tradition.

    People might think we have expectations on us in this tournament because of last year, but we still feel we are underdogs. We're going into every game as if we are underdogs. We are playing a great team in Southern Illinois, they have shown that all year. They have been here a lot more times than we have and they have a lot of experience. I don't believe there is any more pressure on us than they have on them.

    We didn't expect to win by 20 and obviously we struggled down the stretch. St. John's is a tough team and we knew they would make a run.

    Yeah, it was nice to get out there and get a win against those guys. It seemed like every time we played them, they just had our number.

    I've practiced the last three days full-go, so I'll be 100 percent by tomorrow.


    He's an underrated point guard, and I think he's one of the best in the country. He's always looking to create things, but he can score, too. He just seems to know where the other guys are going to be.

    We don't see them as a Cinderella team. We just view them as one of the top 32 teams in the country.

    We could not get over the hump. They answered every time we got close. We played well, but we needed to play perfectly.

    Last year when we were struggling in the Big East, it was because we didn't know how to win if our shots weren't falling. But we're not going to shoot 60 percent or some ridiculous number from 3-point range every night, so we needed to find other ways to win. Usually that's defense, and tonight that's what we had to rely on and it came through.

    If I don't wear it, I don't feel like myself. That's the way I am. Some people might underestimate my jumping ability. I feel like I'm a pretty decent athlete. I try to do the little things that I can do to help the team win.

    I hit a couple in a row and I felt really good, once you hit a couple of shots everything else in your game feels better, ... As long as we play as hard as we can and as a team, we should win some games.

    It was such a fluke thing for him the first time. For Kevin to go through a game and not to score is pretty hard to believe. Today he came into the game with a great mind set and he worked hard and he played a tremendous game.

    The referee made the right call. Texas made a great defensive play. At the end of the game, the referees don't want to determine it and kind of let us play. It was the right call not to make the call.

    He's playing so well, and to have a baby on the way, I don't know if I could do it. But if there's anyone who can do it, it's him.

    It was strange out there knowing it's your last time, but what better way to go out than with a win like this.

    Anytime you're in a game like this, you're going to be a little nervous. Against a tremendous team like Texas, you worry about them.

    A lot of that credit goes to our coaches. But, just to be considered in the same breath with those teams is a great feeling.

    This is just a dream come true. It's an unbelievable feeling.

    Maybe because we played yesterday we were tired. Teams like that you don't see very often will sometimes try different things. I think that's what they wanted to do.

    You think Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and obviously UCLA -- those are four of the greatest traditions of basketball around the country. Just to get the opportunity to go on the court and play there is going to be fun.

    It hasn't been a fun time for me coming to Charleston. It's just one loss. I'd rather lose this game than lose to St. John's.


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