Lamont Bryant Quotations

Sometimes these games get personal. All the credit goes to the kids.

Arkansas is a top-notch program with real good people heading it up. We've broken bread with those guys and I can't say enough good things about them. I think Arkansas has a great chance of getting this done. I've watched four or five of their games this year and I think it would be a great match.

The kids just came out of the gate like racehorses.

We wanted to give other teams another look. Teams also come into games focusing on Patrick. We wanted to see what they could do without him in the game.

You can win the title without winning the very first game and we got the job done.

The kid is peaking at the right time. People look at the scoring a lot, but he is our best defender out there on the court. There's no telling what he can do from night to night.

He's the best freshman basketball player in the state. He's our quiet storm. He just goes out there every game and gets the job done with a lot of fanfare.

They've worked hard. It's a nice thing, but we have a dogfight ahead.

This incident was extremely out of the ordinary. He was at the club and seemed comfortable; nobody thought there would be a problem.

Patrick is the best player in the state. There are a lot of scorers in Illinois, but how many defend and rebound the way he does? What puts him at a level with other top players is he is very athletic and plays hard all the time. He gets at least 10 points a game playing aggressive defense.