Steve Hawkins Quotes (19 Quotes)

At the start of the year, I thought they were the best team in the MAC. They still may be.

If there was one real bright spot tonight offensively it was Brian and the way he played with a lot more confidence.

Defensively, we've got a little more depth, ... We lost quite a few good players but we're deeper this year. We're still pretty young. The guys who are playing got a lot of playing time last year. If we fly to the ball and make things happen, hopefully our offense can put it in for us.

They came out tonight like a house on fire but fortunately for us we stayed calm and composed.

I was concerned when I found out his parents had both gone to Central Michigan and his high school coach had graduated from Central. I knew Central was recruiting him and became very concerned. Brian let me know early on that he was very interested in Wes

He'll get 25, 26 or 27 points and you'd walk out swearing he got 12. He's not flashy, but he gets three or four threes and he gets eight to 10 free throws.

We have a chance to be a good team by the end of the year, ... but we can't wait long on the young kids because we have a tough schedule. I have to be patient.

I thought that was the difference. We couldn't keep them off the offensive boards. They moved us around. They really hurt us on the glass, and it had an accumulative effect.

I don't want to make it sound like coach talk, but we know as quickly as the success comes it can go. It has to be protected. The formula involved is one thing and one thing only -- good players who are good kids. When you combine the two it makes it a lot easier to go into battle.

Indiana State is a talented team that will provide a great challenge for us in the Bracket Buster. They were ranked in the top 25 at one point and they've beaten Indiana. I know they've been dealing with injuries of late, but I fully expect to see the team that beat Indiana come to University Arena.

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If the whole thing was here, a lot of teams would be in a lot of trouble. Toledo is really hard to handle here. They played hungry and inspired. They were tremendous.

Besides his scoring and everything, he's constantly shifting the praise to others. He was close to breaking the school scoring record and we'd mention it and he's like 'Yeah, whatever.' He talks about how well everybody else is playing. You put all that t

He makes great decisions and plays at a fantastic pace. He has the game under control and is a very calming influence on us, which we need because we're a very young team. So it's a very different season for Brian.

We haven't been shooting the ball well lately. But we got some defensive stops late in the game and I really think that was a big part of it.

We've got four freshmen, and some ranked our class as high as No. 30 in the country,

I thought we made great progress in Hawaii, but the neutral site games are over and what we didn't respond to tonight was a pretty hostile road atmosphere. We just didn't have good energy tonight. There are going to be better nights for the Broncos.

After the meeting, I fell in love with him. Smart, intelligent, asked a lot of questions, asked the right questions. I was very impressed with him as a person.

They really hurt us on the glass.