Matt Brady Quotations

Liberty plays so hard. They run hard, they rebound hard, they post defend hard. If you have poise, you give yourself a better chance.

I expect more games like this, the way we shot it.

He had to fight for every shot and every point.

I think you have to win your home games in this league. I think this win establishes us as a good team. I only want to be concerned with stepping forward, playing better and getting contributions. I think the other teams in the league recognize it. ... Should we have some more wins, no doubt about it.

I think we just played the most talented team in the league on perhaps their best night of the year. I'm really proud of our effort.

I think we played the most talented team of the year on perhaps their best night of the year.

I think Canisius presents a lot of problems because they're terrific, defensively. If they're making shots, they're an extremely dangerous team because they've proven they can beat anybody.

James has made strides. There's a growing trust amongst his teammates that James is gonna come through if we get him going.

Our bats didn't get going until late in the game. We missed out on some opportunities early.

Our backcourt gives us an advantage in most games. Not necessarily in the Iona game. But most other games, we have an advantage. We never know from game to game who's going to score the ball.

Really, the thing I'm most proud about is, he continues to get better each year that he's been in college. He's a terrific kid, but he's a better teammate for our program.

That caught all of us off guard. That's a huge difference in the game is that you have a guy who's not known as a scorer, who's known as a role player ... in our losses, that's really what's hurt us: Some role players step up and make some uncommon 3s against us.

I think his effort, his communication skills and his willingness to do all the little things has really helped our team immeasurably.

We played as well as we could play in the first half. I said to this team at halftime this is really about us going out and playing a better second half. Forget about the score and try to put it away and not let teams make runs on you like they have.

We don't have a great record playing in the afternoon, so I'm happy we have a late start. The kids like it, too. They would rather play late at night. College kids like to sleep in.

We are thrilled to be one of the programs to have an opportunity to be on TV. It's a huge bonus for the kids who have worked so hard ... to put us in this position.

We fought like heck but we didn't have enough.

We have a terrific backcourt. Jared played his normal stellar game.

We move him around the floor and put him in a lot of situations where he could score in a myriad of ways. I think it's harder to guard a guy like Ryan when he is developing his skills and he's never in the same place on consecutive possessions.

We talked to this team over and over again about defensive intensity. They made some very difficult shots.

We had some disagreements last season about how I thought the game should be played, and really about practice habits and such. In the spring we had a couple conversations, one on one, and I think he finally realized that he had to put more into everything in terms of being on the floor with the team.

Every game in this league is a battle. We've had some tough losses. We played well enough against Saint Peter's, Loyola and Iona at home to win the game. Those were three games we lost in the last 35 seconds. We're a resilient group.

At some point people are going to stop being surprised by Jared. He's a pretty good player.

I still believe to be a factor, this league runs through Manhattan.

I've thought for three days now this was going to be another battle. I think we're learning how to win these close games. It requires a lot of energy on the defensive end and rebounding to make that happen.

I've said all along we weren't going to reach our potential until late January or early February. That's what I'd been insisting even through those four games, which were four difficult losses. I think we'll be OK.

This game was lost in the first half. They came out with a lot more energy in the first half, and we turned it over way too much.

They're both good teams with terrific senior guards. I'm happy to have earned a bye. It's something we couldn't do in our first year here. We're making progress.

It wasn't pretty. We're just thankful we had enough plays in us.

For a second there he lost the ball at the top of the key at his basket and it looked like it was going to work out. He just kept his motor running.

It's lose and go home, survive and advance. Hopefully, our bench will come through. I want us to play like our backs are against the wall ? like a caged animal. They say a caged animal is dangerous.

Anytime you can win by that many points and get everybody in and get contributions from everybody is a great thing.

I'm not going to tell the kids it's likely. It's out of our hands. We'll just have to wait and see. It would be great, however, and I know we'd represent our conference well.

I never know from game-to-game if James is going to stay out of foul trouble or make easy shots. He has a propensity to turn the ball over. I never know from game-to-game where James is this year. Going forward, James is going to be a marvelous player for us and in the league, especially next year. But this year, I keep an eye on how he's playing and what his approach is.

I only hired him with Jimmy's blessing. Jimmy evidently has some hard feelings that he can't let go, it's unfortunate and we're moving on.

In the close games, they made the small plays. We have a lot of respect for them. They play a style that is difficult to guard.

His impact has been far-reaching for our program. He is really a selfless player. Jared takes so much pride in passing the basketball.

Canisius hasn't played to their expectations. But I think they are a team that is going to catch fire and start winning games in this league.

He's the most indispensable guy on our team. He's played at such a high level all year long.

I don't want us to look at this like we're the higher seed. To me, Marist historically has not done well in the MAAC tournament. We need to change that. We need to have a chip on our shoulders when we play these games.

The key for us is throwing the ball in the lane and getting some baskets. To me it's like a body punch in boxing. You just can't keep swinging at the head, which is sometimes what we do with the 3-point line. You have to make them feel it in the lane. ... If we are scoring in the lane and scoring from the 3-point line and Jared is running the ball down the floor and getting lay-ups, sometimes it's hard to guard our team.