40 Quotes by Al Thornton

I feel like we're able to take coaching. You know the coaches are going to raise their voice and they're going to try to challenge you. Now we're taking it in and learning from our mistakes instead of getting mad at the coaches. We understand now that's their job. They're just trying to make us better. We understand they have to win and we have to win. It's just a learning process.

I feel like it's the chemistry. We have a lot of guys who can score the ball and we play to each other's strengths. That's when we're at our best.

I can't really get in the stance. I can't explode. I can't be me.

Give Virginia Tech credit. They outplayed us right from the tip. They were more energized for whatever reason.

We just have to be patient and attack the gaps. The main thing is to get what we want.

We took a step in the right direction.

He just stepped up and made the big plays that really got us going.

It happened so quick. We turned the ball over, they made threes on the other end, and just like that we're out of the game.

I think that's the biggest challenge because we definitely thought we were in the NCAA Tournament. Guys really don't want to be in the NIT, but it's something to build on for next year.