Mike Marquis Quotations

Last year's team really relaxed after we made it. I don't sense that in this group.

I thought they were smart, they attacked us inside a lot and got some good baskets. Their inside kids are tremendously improved, and Reynolds had a big game for them. When he starts hitting jump shots, you can be in a little trouble. He got some shots to go down, but I thought we stayed with some good composure, on the offensive end especially.

I'm so thrilled for us and I'm sick for Greg Young, the coach at Jacksonville.

We're very excited for the opportunity to be in the final eight of the best region in the country, then to have an opportunity to play at home is just that much sweeter.

The zone (defense) hurt them a little, made them stagnant. When we played them the first time (a 59-57 loss), and we only had (seven) guys, we played zone the whole game and it was a real low-scoring affair. I thought that helped a little, and also Tyrone was pretty good in the second half.

I've asked him to take on a bigger role and be more aggressive.

Delbert made two great defensive plays on those charges in the second half, and they made the same call against us at our end.

It's hard to score from the bench. For a game as physical as it was, you wonder how all five touch fouls found (Garner). But that's part of the game.

I'm really disappointed about the number of turnovers we're having, and they're really unforced. I've been trying to make some X and O changes, but I'm going to have to make some personnel changes to see if we can't go in a different direction.

I didn't think we played very physical on our front line. At Baytown Lee we really were physical. Hopefully, we can get some guys in - some walk-ons starting the second semester - so we can have a full practice.

I felt we did a great job adjusting to all the adversity. Justin (Johnson) did a good job at point (guard).

I don't think there's very many times that we've put the ball into Craig and (Gates') hands in a big situation, even in practice.