Lloyd McGuffin Quotations

We never have put a lot of stock in having to beat a team two or three times because we have had to do it so much, but we always like to play a different team. It's always good to get a shot to play somebody you've never played before and keeps you motivated. But Capital is playing as well as anybody right now. And it wouldn't surprise me at all if they won.

We talked about there being no way we could overlook this game. Obviously, we have a top 10 team in George Washington coming up, and it would have been easy for them to come out and not play hard, but they came out focused and played even harder in the second half.

We knew we had to come out with a good start. I think that was a big difference.

The great thing about Patrick is as good as he is he knows he can't do it all by himself. He's a very unselfish player and makes his teammates better. But his teammates also make him better. It's kind of a two-way street.

I'm going to make this short and sweet. The only comment I'm going to make is that this is an internal situation and it has been taken care of internally. As far as who's playing, I can't make any guarantees.

Let's just say Chris listened very closely about rebounding this week and he did a very nice job for us tonight. I'm very proud of him and all the guys.

I don't really want to talk about that until I know for sure how many games anybody has to sit out, or if they will at all. We were in the game the whole way and they made a nice run on us, and I think just one thing led to another.

I can't really take credit for doing a lot of motivating for this particular game. When you get beat by 20 points, you're kind of embarrassed. These guys came out and they were pretty motivated tonight.

As far as somebody being valuable to his team, and if they go by that to pick the Player of the Year, he's the most valuable player in the state. He's very unassuming and very appreciative and very deserving.

To me, to get somebody that's won a national championship and one of only three people, I think, to play and coach in the Final Four is a huge honor. It's great for the kids to experience something like this.