Greg McDermott Quotations

If the (NCAA) selection committee will judge us on the body of our work, I don't think there's any question we have a place there.

We had lost that edge. But we got it back in practice, and it was there (Friday).

I'll take that shot with Ben Jacobson any time. I'm pretty confident that the other nine (Valley) coaches, in a one-point game, don't want the ball in his hands because they know what he's capable of.

A lot of crazy things happened. When we watch tape, (Lowery) will wonder how the heck they lost the game. And I'm going to wonder how the heck we won.

Any time you go on the road in this league and win, it's huge.

We were able to establish the inside game early, which I thought was so important. To have Coleman come out and do what he did in the first half just set the tone.

I like the way we flew around defensively.

There's no chance we'll overlook Drake. They handled us soundly in Des Moines, and had a great chance to win the game here. We got the benefit of a call at the end of the game and made a free throw. Otherwise, that was going to overtime.

For him to step up and have the game he had shows what he's made of, and why he's our starting point guard.

Both teams will try to get the ball inside. The team that does the best job of that is going to have a huge advantage.