28 Quotes by Anthony Solomon

It's a great story and I'm very happy for him. I continue to wish him the best. Mike and his family did what they felt was best for Mike at the time. I understood that at that time and still understand that now.

That is not the way that the leadership of this program wants things represented. I want this to be a life lesson for him. We'll get through it and I have forgiven him, but when Ahmad's gone, there's some other young men in our program right now that all have to learn we never want to make those types of statements.

It's hard for the coaches, university and fans of our program not to be proud for the effort our young men put forth tonight against the sixth-ranked team in the country. I wanted us to be as emotionally high as possible tonight. Why not be sky high against an opponent like this? We were in the game and believed we could win.

It's difficult to have success when you give up that many second-chance opportunities.

It was a great day for all involved, for our young men especially. They did an exceptional job of executing the game plan. We were moving our feet extremely well against the complicated (Princeton offense) system that Richmond runs. It showed a lot about their character. It was a step forward for us for sure.

It was a feeling of much enjoyment. You can reflect on all the work it took to get us to the moment. Sunday was definitely a special moment. It's been a challenging time for us throughout Atlantic 10 play so far. We want to bottle some of that Wednesday and see what we can do going into La Salle.

It was just a great win for our program. That's another sign of progress from where we started to where we are now. I'm really proud of our young men. To go into overtime in Florida International's arena and to dig down and find a way to win was awesome. It was just a great effort.

Things happen for a reason and we put ourselves in that situation. I'm not expecting anyone to feel sorry for us. And we're going to continue to persevere.

Their zone really gave us a lot of problems tonight. It's difficult to be successful if you give the ball away.