Nick Fazekas Quotations

We're not here to overlook Montana. We know they've got a lot of great shooters. We're going to have to play well.

We did get a little bit of respect from the selection committee as far as the five seed, but we played ourselves into that respect. We played a great season.

When I don't see a double-team I have a big smile on my face. I know it will be a long night for the other team.

Shiloh is someone that really is going to play you the right way. He is going to grind on the screens. He doesn't make very many mistakes. He is a tough dude. He really gets down and grinds it out and gets the job done, night-in and night-out.

More than likely, if I'm not a first-round pick then you'll probably see me back here.

Maybe a little bit. He (Southall) got me so deep. I had to show I could do it at the other end.

I feel we're not where we want to be. We're not playing that well, but we're finding ways to win, and that's the bottom line.

We're playing well right now. We're not playing our best. We have some steps to take forward.

He just ran into me and that was basically it. The ref saw something that wasn't right and threw him out.

Really, nothing could go wrong right now without getting an agent. It's a waste of time for me to go in the second round. You are not guaranteed anything in the second round.

It feels good. It's something I've worked hard to get. It's something that's an accomplishment.

It definitely feels good. It's a great accomplishment to win because the regular season is such a grind, and we did that.

We were making him take some tough shots.

We can really make up some ground and put ourselves in a good position. All conference games are big games. It doesn't matter who you play. You've got to play well so you can win.

We haven't played them for a while. They're going to come in ready to play. We're going to have to play.

We played all right. We didn't play our best ball, but we won. Basically, you can describe it as sloppy. We just didn't play that well. That was the gist of it.

We played all right. It's not the best we can play. There are steps to take forward.

We actually haven't gone over Montana yet. We haven't watched any film really ... We don't know much about them yet. We'll look at them tonight.

UCLA's the best team we've played so far. They'll probably be the best team we'll see all year.

We don't look past anyone. We treat everybody the same, We're going to have to come out and play well against Idaho. It's really difficult to beat a team three times in a row. Idaho is going to give us its best shot.

We can't look too far ahead. We're not in one of those conferences where we're a lock to go.

We're all familiar with Millsap. He's a great player. We've got to come out and play well.

We really didn't know what it took to beat a good team because we haven't been playing the best competition. To come out and beat a good team like Georgia , that's a great feeling for us.

We're not playing in one of those premier conferences where it is a lock for you. We still have games to go and we still have games to win.

You have nights like tonight. It's something you can't control. Basically you could describe it as sloppy.

We've played better than that. We're just trying to get that momentum we brought from Boise.

We'd close to three and they would go up six. We would cut it to three and they would go up five.

We see ourselves as a good defensive team. We were getting after them for a while. We couldn't get any shots to fall or we would've expanded it even more. Defensively, we feel we can guard people.

We've got a lot of momentum right now. We're playing great.

We've got a lot of guys on this team who can play. I've never thought it was all about just me.

This was real big. It gives us a stepping stone. All we needed is something to build off. This could give us momentum.

We tried to defend the best we can. We put them out early. That was the goal.

We just played sloppy toward the end in that last minute and turned it into a close game.

We feel like we dug ourselves a hole to begin with. We had to dig ourselves out. We're tied for first. It's the middle of the season. It doesn't mean anything. We have to keep winning, keep this thing going.

Things are definitely lined up. Things are lined up in our favor. But all it takes is only 40 minutes in one night to spoil it. It can all go bad quick. We have to come out and do the things we can do.

(Seeds) don't really mean anything. We're not too concerned about the history of (upsets in 5-12 games). History is history. That's the way it goes.

As far as I'm concerned I don't feel we've won the thing yet. We talk about sharing the title. We don't want to have to share the title with anyone.

They (the Spartans) are coming around. No one's a rollover in this league.

They tried to surround me. They put a lot of guys around me. I felt like my hook was barely missing. I don't feel like it's been there the last three or four games.

A lot of people don't think I can run. I'm out here to prove people wrong.

This is tough for us as a team. We're on the other side of the March Madness this year. It is tough for us to take in and it was really tough for me.

There's been quite a few times this year that we've done that. We're notorious for doing that. Tonight, we kind of did it, but we didn't do it as bad.

It's a similar situation, but last year's done and over with. Anything can happen. That's why you play the games. If the game was played on paper, we would win. We have to play this one.

It's a great feeling. We just came in with the mindset we were going to win. It still hurts that we lost the game (to Utah State) in Reno.

It's a great feeling. To be a part of something that has been a great tradition here and just for us to do it three straight years. Each year there have been doubters. It's nice to prove people wrong. It's something I dreamed about when I was coming out of high school.

It's nice to have your name in the record book. It's something special.

The best decision I've made in my whole life was to come to the University of Nevada. I don't regret anything about it. I don't have any hatred toward any of the coaches that didn't recruit me.

They did a good job of mixing up their defenses. They were switching a lot and we got out of rhythm.

That's big because these guys really shoot well. They're not easy to guard. That's a great accomplishment. It's a big step forward for us defensively.

That's a pretty good comparison. It would have been a different story if we had gotten the lead. We just never got the lead.

I know I'm looking forward to going into the semifinals. We didn't get to do it last year.