Sam Davis Quotations

Obviously, you'd rather play a team that doesn't get after it quite that well on defense. They put a lot of pressure on the perimeter and get a lot of steals from opponents with their half-court pressure.

(Riggs) is an offensively-oriented coach and always has good guard play. He does good things to get his people opportunities and puts them in a position to succeed.

We talked about the tempo at halftime, and I didn't like it because we weren't playing with enough energy. Our strength is our perimeter game, and once we were able to get a lead, we were able to spread the floor and make them guard us.

He's going to score, but we have to try to contain him and keep from having an amazing night. They've also got some other people that screen well for each other and know their roles.

I thought it was a charge, obviously. Pat had four (charges taken) in the game, and he?s really good at that.

We played McCurdy 94 feet the whole game, but our defense depends a lot on helping other people. Once we were able to get him a little bit tired, they didn't have a lot of other weapons.

You almost hate to play a team that has (only one league win). On paper we should be able to take care of things, but that's on paper.

We're going to adjust. We're going to tell our kids ... it's a new opportunity. We'll be competing with schools we're not used to dealing with. We will definitely take this as a win-win situation. We're not going to take it with sour grapes.

Once we got a lead, we said make them come out and guard you. Once they opened up the floor, our perimeter play is pretty good and our kids are smart. We did a great job of running our offense in the fourth quarter.

They know now if they want to compete at this level, we have to work and hopefully they'll keep doing that.

They're deep and have a lot of kids that can play. We just hope we get an opportunity to play a team like that. When you get the chance to play a team like that, sometimes you can dig deep. ... You only have to play them once.

They read their screens very well. It's very difficult to defend.

The kids have given us every ounce of energy they had and were so unselfish. This group was very special.

I hope what we've done is a result of what we do in our program. Because of that, a lot of kids have not stuck with us. It takes a lot of work, but the kids that have bought into it are reaping the benefits.

The kids did a great job executing. In the second half, we executed pretty well but weren't making our shots. But I thought we really played well defensively. The kids have really bought into some of the stuff we've been doing. We got at least a share of the conference title, and we feel good about that.

Physics can be difficult sometimes. And by sometimes, I mean always. And by Physics, I mean everything.

Sir, if you think that I am that kind of a man, you have missed your mark. I would rather die a thousand deaths than betray a friend or be false to duty.