Bobby Lutz Quotations

We knew we weren't going to shut them down completely, but we at least wanted to make it more difficult for them with our zone.

We're a better team right now, the way we've played the last 10 games.

Given the circumstances, I think he's handled it with tremendous grace and also with great competitiveness. They obviously don't have the depth, but they have talent. Their five, six guys that play a lot are good players.

We're obviously happy to win a game after what we've been through over the past week or so. We needed this.

He's a big-body guy. He takes up a lot of space, and he's very active. When he touches the ball, he's able to corral it. There's no doubt he contributed in that game. That's the kind of player it takes to win the tournament. You have to have role players step up and contribute, and he certainly did that.

He is one of the great coaches, ... His record speaks for itself. When he took over Cincinnati, it was not at its highest point. He turned it into a nationally recognized, respected program.

I thought they'd be an 11 or 12, based on prior history.

I think we've just worn him out because we rode him so hard. It's limited his mobility. He gets worn out in the games, but we have to have him in the game.

I saw the guys get tangled up and Lee was trying to get free. I didn't see it all. The referee said Lee threw an elbow. You need to ask them. Technically they can't use (the replay) to call a foul. They said they already had the foul on the floor, but I never saw it signaled until after they went to the monitor.

Our inability to make shots inside the 3-point line showed up again tonight. We made some plays defensively, but they stepped up at crunch time. I think Cincinnati should have been an NCAA Tournament team.

It doesn't seem quite right, having been against him so many times. It's reality and unfortunately it's part of this business. It seems weird. At the same time I can't worry about that, I have to worry about Andy and the job he's done.

I'm sure a lot of people didn't expect the game to be this close. But I had watched a lot of tape of Duquesne and I was incredibly impressed by them, particularly with how hard they've been playing.

We knew nobody expected us to win that game besides us, and our guys enjoy the challenge of proving everyone wrong.

While I am sorry to see Mitch leave and we will certainly miss him, he has made a difficult but wise choice, ... There are times when basketball becomes irrelevant and this is one of those times. I and his teammates wish him the very best in his future endeavors.

While the team's still happy we're playing, I don't know if our fans are. But there's no doubt that (playing) Cincinnati makes it a little more intriguing.

To a lesser degree than Cincinnati, we've created a monster that our expectations are NCAA. ... I don't mind that. It's a little unfortunate that the NIT is not seen as a positive thing.

Defensively we made some nice plays, but at crunch time they stepped up.

It's exactly as tough as I thought it would be. To me, it's very comparable to the league we played in for seven years. It's really hard to win on the road. I haven't been surprised.

It was definitely a different atmosphere than a normal home game. Our crowd was not very good in terms of numbers, although the fans that were here were great.

For George Washington to fall to a No. 8, I don't think that's right.

It's disappointing. The committee does a lot of research, but for George Washington to fall to an 8, I just don't think that's right. They've proven all year they're better than that. For Xavier to get a 14 seed, it's disappointing. I thought they'd get an 11 or 12 based on prior history.

I'm excited about the opportunity. Obviously (former coach Bob Huggins) isn't there and I'll miss that, but (coach Andy Kennedy) is there and is doing a good job. The atmosphere will be terrific. They don't like us and we tend to thrive on that. It should be fun.

If he were fully developed offensively, he wouldn't be coming to college.

This has been the most unusual year for me. Winning on the road really isn't that unusual for us. What's unusual is losing four games at home this year.

All year I felt like we played non-conference games in our league. Most every game we played was against a new opponent. It's different when you've played people and seen them face to face.