622 Quotes by Billy Donovan

We're sitting up here as national champions, but I don't necessarily believe we're the best team. In a one-shot deal like this, I've been on both sides. I've been heartbroken, and now we're national champions.

That's the one thing we don't know. That's the big question right now is this something that gets prolonged into the end of February, the beginning of March. Right now, we're hopeful that it's not going to be that situation.

I'm very critical of myself, and I know that you need to realize your mistakes to grow.

Corey was a definite spark for us at the start of the second half. He made a couple baskets to get us going and he did some good things defensively.

You can't get many assists if you don't shoot the ball well. I thought our player movement in the first half at times was poor.

Corey's ankle has not healed at the rate we would have liked. He has not been himself. When he'll be 100 percent, I don't know.

I always felt I was going to have a lot of fun coaching these guys. They've had the right attitude, and winning has been the byproduct of it.

It was the first summer he had to get better. It's been a progression for him. There were times his freshman and sophomore year when he got the ball in the post and he was just looking to pass it back out.

What this goes to show you is that in our league, coming in with a team that was 1-4 against a team that was perceived as being a top team, we were basically manhandled today.