Will Brown Quotations

We're going to press them, but we're going to stick to our guns and play man-to-man. Do we have a backup plan? Yeah, but I'm hoping we don't need to go to it.

Levi can play multiple positions, he's a fierce competitor and he has adjusted to his new role of coming into games. He held down the fort. The guys were a little flat and I was concerned about the amount of games over the past week and a half.

Let's see if we can go make some noise. It'd be a great win for us. One, because it's a road game, and two, because it's against a good basketball team in a great environment.

Several people have told me this is the biggest on-campus sporting event in the history of the Capital District. It's the biggest game, obviously, that we've ever played in the history of the men's basketball program here.

My guys don?t think that anyone in America thinks they have a chance of winning this game.

Four years ago I had a vision, I had a plan. I'm not sure how many people believed in that vision and believed in that plan.

I don't think our staff or our players would have any problem if we had to face them in the conference tournament. They're a well-coached team and they're a good, solid team, but we won the regular season in this league so we're ready to play anybody that's put in front of us.

I was in the right place at the right time.

It basically breaks down that Jim Calhoun knows how to get the super athlete to play for him. When their men?s and women?s programs play, the entire state of Connecticut shuts down. They are considered the pro teams of Connecticut. Calhoun has a track record of recruiting and he maintains it.

I thought Hartford finished strong in the regular season. I thought Larry did a good job.

I thought (the award) was well-deserved. You're talking about a kid who's the second-leading scorer in the league who has helped build a program. A kid that talented on a first-place team, I think he deserves to be rewarded for that.

My No. 1 concern had nothing to do with money. My No. 1 concern was security and longevity. A five-year deal was very important to me, and that wasn't an issue (during Monday's talks). Financially, you want to get taken care of for my sake and my family's sake. I'm very happy at the compensation package.

I'm so happy for the guys that came into this program and helped build it from scratch. We wanted to lay the foundation quickly.

The adrenaline was flowing. Our guys played at a very, very high level. We did it for 30 to 35 minutes; we just faded.

Whoever we're matched up against, we'll roll with it. Can we compete? Absolutely. Can we win? We'd love to find out.

We don't want to pack our uniforms up for the year at 9:30 (tonight). Might that happen? Sure. I know all you guys think that, and everybody in the country thinks that. But when you're dealing with one game, anything can happen.

We have some loyal fans that have really stuck with us.

We were kind of irritated when we heard everyone saying how wide open this tournament was. We were the most consistent team all year. We?d only lost three games and two were to these guys in overtime. We wanted to win this ?wide-open? conference tournament.

We want to keep guys fresh. Both of those guys (Covington and Connelly) are playing well, so they're both going to see time. How much time really depends on the situation.

We saw bits and pieces. But it was weird to watch. I mean, we've seen him before!

This year, we're very confident. This is all new to us and our program.

This was the first time they felt no pressure. They were really loose because right now there's not a person who says we have a chance against whoever we can play.

Between 11 and midnight (Friday night) I'm going to make sure that I'm out on that football field for at least a half hour shaking hands and thanking students. At 6:45 a.m. (today) I'm going to hand out doughnuts to the students. I want everybody to feel a part of this. It's not a PR stunt; it's just who I am. I really appreciate all the support we've gotten this year.

They all claim they're great bowlers. There's a lot of trash-talking going on in the locker room about who's going to win. We're trying to keep it loose and have a lot of fun.

The one thing about A.J. is that he was always very passionate about playing basketball. It was always his dream to play basketball for a living and he was going to try every possible avenue and opportunity to do that.

This game was lost in the first half. They came out, made the first run of the game, got us on our heels and frustrated us a little.

This means a lot; I finally made it. Marist is a good fit for me. I'm going to play quarterback, but I can play another position if they need me to.

They're going to play regardless of what the score is, and they'll probably play early.

It was a whole other world. You're under a microscope.

It's a great college basketball atmosphere. Binghamton has created that home-court advantage. Basketball is their sport. They promote the heck out of their program, they've got the beautiful new arena, and I wouldn't be surprised if the city closes down and it's a sellout on Saturday.

I wanted to win, and I wanted to win quickly. I put a lot of pressure on myself. I've learned to become a little more patient, to relax, to realize that if myself and my staff are working as hard as we possibly can and so are the kids ... then we are going to be successful.

I want to make sure they're as focused as possible, and that's very difficult to do with all the hype around (the players).

I'm not concerned about scoring at all. We could miss every shot we take, but I think we'll get shots. My concern is, can we rebound with them? I think we can guard them a little bit. I'm very concerned once the shot goes up because I don't know if we can consistently rebound.

I'm 62 years old. Never in my life have I experienced anything like this. My family and I were all in bed. All of a sudden, the house just started shaking. It was so strong and so loud. My son yelled for us to get downstairs, but by the time we did, it was all over.

I'm sure there's going to be some nervous energy on our end. This is new to us, and (Vermont) has the experience of doing this before.

I'm proud of him. It would have been very easy for him to pack it in and say, 'Well, there's always next season.' I just think he really has done a good job of continuing to work. He's shooting after practice, he's working hard in practice.

I hope for Coach Calhoun that everything goes wrong.

Can we compete? Absolutely. Can we win? We'd love to find out. I don't think these guys will have any fear.

For the first time all year, we have nothing to lose. We can take a deep breath and relax and play because nobody's giving us a chance.

Their kids are signing NBA contracts. My kids are sending out resumes.

A.J. has always been tough on himself. He has always expected to make every shot and make every play. It's great, to a certain extent, to be he hard on yourself as long as it doesn't affect you or get you too impatient.