51 Quotes by Agnus Berenato

This was huge win for us. I feel like any time a team can get to .500 in a conference as good as the Big East, then they should receive an NCAA Tournament bid. The worst we can finish is .500. In the preseason, people thought we wouldn't even make the conference tournament.

This team is so young that, sometimes, I am not sure they even realize how big this game was. I tried to keep them loose and we just came in pretty relaxed. That is what you have to do with young kids. Kids are resilient. Sometimes, it is the grown-ups who put more pressure on themselves than the players.

This was probably our worst game this season. But DePaul is a very good team and they're the No. 3 seed for a reason.

This was a cool kind of night. It brought back some memories for many of our fans who used to watch games in this building. I really feel like my team bought into playing in Fitzgerald Field House. They played like an unbelievable unit.

We were the sixth seed and lost to the third seed. DePaul is one of the best 15 teams in the nation, and we aren't, but we are one of the best 64. I believe that will all my heart. If we don't get in, that will set me back years.

We felt tonight like we would make history. We thought we deserved it and worked for it.

We feel like we should go to the NCAA tournament. We're excited.

We didn't lose this game from lack of effort. I give credit to Connecticut because they are a top-notch program. But I am proud of our team and our effort.

At this point in the season, there are no excuses. I told the team at halftime to focus on the task at hand. I had to tell them not to focus on the student section or the rest of the crowd.