25 Quotes by Bobby Lutz

Our inability to make shots inside the 3-point line showed up again tonight. We made some plays defensively, but they stepped up at crunch time. I think Cincinnati should have been an NCAA Tournament team.

It doesn't seem quite right, having been against him so many times. It's reality and unfortunately it's part of this business. It seems weird. At the same time I can't worry about that, I have to worry about Andy and the job he's done.

I'm sure a lot of people didn't expect the game to be this close. But I had watched a lot of tape of Duquesne and I was incredibly impressed by them, particularly with how hard they've been playing.

We knew nobody expected us to win that game besides us, and our guys enjoy the challenge of proving everyone wrong.

While I am sorry to see Mitch leave and we will certainly miss him, he has made a difficult but wise choice, ... There are times when basketball becomes irrelevant and this is one of those times. I and his teammates wish him the very best in his future endeavors.

While the team's still happy we're playing, I don't know if our fans are. But there's no doubt that (playing) Cincinnati makes it a little more intriguing.

To a lesser degree than Cincinnati, we've created a monster that our expectations are NCAA. ... I don't mind that. It's a little unfortunate that the NIT is not seen as a positive thing.

Defensively we made some nice plays, but at crunch time they stepped up.

It's exactly as tough as I thought it would be. To me, it's very comparable to the league we played in for seven years. It's really hard to win on the road. I haven't been surprised.