Stew Morrill Quotes (70 Quotes)

It always feels good to be in the championship game, any conference, any time. This league has been a tremendous challenge and we're excited to be playing (today).

There were a lot of tears of joy in my basement. After (Saturday's) tough loss, this is just such a great deal.

We couldn't handle their pressure quite simply. When you look at this basketball game us turning it over once we got it down to seven two times in a row was the story of the game.

It was nice to see that we had a lot of people stay up. Our crowd was unbelievable. We've always enjoyed being on TV. Our fans enjoy it, our players enjoy it and they should.

I thought Nevada dominated every phase of the game. They were outstanding. I thought we really struggled. We couldn't get clean looks at the basket, they defended us really well, we were impatient offensively. It didn't look like a team that has won 19 games. I didn't recognize our team out there.

They give you fits. They don't want you to do what you want to do.

We were pressing, and we were trying too hard. I have seen it many times during my career on Senior Night.

Better players. Bigger, stronger, quicker. Night in and night out, that's what we're seeing.

I just thought we were alive defensively. ... We took a step forward tonight.

We cut the deficit down to seven a couple of times, but they came up and made big shots or we turned the ball over. That really was the story of the game.

We really had no answer for him. He just went around us and shot it over us. He's the real deal.

That was the story of the game. Their game plan was excellent. They took us out of our game and forced their will on us.

It was good to get a few days off after the number of games we had. Now it's back to reality.

Obviously, Nevada speaks for itself, a Top 25 team. They handled us pretty well in Logan. We played well the last time we were here. We've played pretty well in this building.

What happens is you get recharged. I will be very surprised if we don't play with a lot of energy tomorrow night. Just the situation recharges you.

He has embraced it. ... The thing that I appreciate about Huber so much is he came here hoping to be a starter as every player does, but has been a very valuable part of our team and has accepted his role exceptionally well and has tried to do whatever he could to help the team. He understands the game, he's a good defender and has also had an improved senior year over his junior year.

We are moving the announcement of the seniors back (to 20 minutes early to) give the kids time to gather their thoughts.

You just hope somebody is listening. I think it says what most of the (conference) coaches and players feel. It's a strong conference.

Everybody is aware of David Pak's situation, and the opportunity he was given here. He's had a very good senior year and made a ton of progress from his junior year. ... A lot of people view David's story in different ways. I view it as nothing but a positive success story.

We got a little tight, turned it over, missed some open shots and they closed the gap. We might have went to our delay a little early, but logic tells you that is what you do. We just didn't execute very well. ... But we played a spectacular first half an

It's never easy as long as I've been doing it, massaging the mind as opposed to getting the body in shape. We've always talked about having a funeral for yourself and forgetting about it. Flush it.

The crowd was awesome. The crowd helped a bunch. I'm very appreciative of them responding and coming out for Senior Night.

I thought BSU came out alive. It caught us by surprise how physical they were.

We were fortunate to win. ... We were in deep trouble, but it's a win.

We had a couple of looks at the end of regulation that didn't go down. Game over if they go down. We played extremely hard at a nationally-ranked team's house in the finals of the conference tournament.

We don't talk a lot about that. We don't spend time thinking about it.

We normally turn the ball over 12 times a game. But Washington causes turnovers and they forced their will on us.

Our defense was encouraging tonight, and we were able to show forth more of a physical presence in the middle, and we were active on the boards. ... I thought we set the tone real well tonight, and we made some shots, which never hurts.

We made some progress the last two nights. It's good to win the tournament, and it was good to get a lot of guys time.

It was good to get those guys time. ... I didn't anticipate taking Harris out and not putting him back in. It just kind of worked out that way.

This is a good, solid field. This has been great for us to have this right after Christmas. ... But we can't just show up. We better get ready to go.

I didn't sleep on it, I laid and stared at the ceiling, especially after that game. I was a little negative because of a couple of years ago.

I thought we showed a lot of grit and a lot of character. Obviously, we were really tickled after that basketball game. But we still have some challenges ahead.

We could have done some things better, like not throwing the ball to the other team. That would have been a hell of a start. ... When you turn the ball over 22 times, you're not real happy as a coach.

If you look at their record rather than how they're playing, you're making a mistake.

I will be surprised if they don't come out and run time and try and make it a possession game and make it a 50-point game if they can. I thought they did a great job tonight, got Idaho State out of sync. We've got to make sure we don't get frustrated.

We didn't look like the team that we've had that's won 19 games. I didn't really recognize our team out there.

We are excited to be back in the NCAA Tournament. We have an awesome challenge ahead of us in playing Washington, but that is the nature of what we have dealt with five times in the last seven years.

Some people don't understand the value of Huber. ... We don't have anybody else to back up the point. How would we have done at Boise without him

We had a hard time with La. Tech and trying to rebound the ball. We were able to stay with them on the boards.

After (Saturday's) tough loss, this is just such a great deal. We are excited and we are anxious. We know we have an unbelievable opponent (Washington). We will know more about them when we dive into preparation. Right now we are just kind of soaking it all in.

You hope that your whole team helps defend Roy. We have to possibly double him. It's not going to be one-on-one and if it is, we're probably in trouble. They've got a lot of other good guys he can pass to.

This has been hard on him and hard on the team, but it's nobody's fault. ... Obviously, he is being pulled in a lot of directions school, team and ahead of all that is your family responsibility. He has been torn a little bit, it's hard. He is doing fine with it.

They have a lot of weapons, a lot of good players. ... They are big and athletic, which is why they are nationally ranked.

If we don't get the bid tomorrow then we should pull out of the WAC and go back to the Big West, and I'm dead serious. We came to this league for this very reason. We were in a one-bid league and folks said you'd put yourself in a position where there would be more than one bid out there.

Obviously, we were in trouble at the point. Huber had a headache and a stiff neck. They don't mess around with that stuff anymore.

I'd rather have the time they have before that game. That's just the way the schedule falls. We've been the beneficiary of that before. This time we're not.

He was a smart, solid player when we got him. He's one of the most intelligent players I've coached.

Any time you have talent gathering like that, it's a positive situation. They've got to feel good about what they've got. It looks very promising for them.

That's a good win for us. We are excited to get that win. . . . We had to outscore them. They missed enough shots that we were all right. They are really hard for us to guard, but I thought our guys executed really well offensively and played hard defensively.