John Connell Game Quotations

A lot is going to ride on his shoulders. I just think there's a lot of upside for him ... as he gets a little bigger and stronger, his game will develop a lot.

The first game we played their style a bit, and this time we sped it up. We felt if we could score in the 60s we could win, and we did that.

Down the stretch we won a lot of games late and that was key. Xavier had more confidence this year in his teammates' ability. Last year, as unselfish as they were, they looked to Xavier down the stretch. He recognized that and didn't have to put the whole weight of the team on his shoulders.

Enrique draws the toughest (defensive) assignment almost every game for us. His job was basically to just deny (Holmes) the ball.