17 Quotes by Cliff Reed

I would have liked to have seen us make a few more easy opportunities. If we had made some more, I'd be happier. You're not going to get a lot of easy opportunities, and when we got those we didn't capitalize. That was the big thing.

I am really proud of this team tonight. We had an outstanding effort for the full 40 minutes. In recent games, we've been having that sustaining power for only 34 or 35 minutes. So this is big for this team. We can build on this.

I thought we competed, I thought we played decent on the defensive end. Only when we scrambled did we give up a lot of easy opportunities.

I was waiting, hoping for the day this happened.

Playing these games helps you some with recruiting and with seeing the level you need to play at to make the NCAA tournament. But you really need to play one or two - not six or seven games like we have this year.

Michael struggled early, as our entire team did. But once he settled down, he seemed to get into the flow of things better. We just didn't play tough enough as a team.

Michael has established himself. His quickness and skill development make him as good a post player as there is in this league. He has the quickness, and he can also be over-powering.

We need to have a little bit of energy and more intensity than what we have. We were able to gradually grind it out. That's what we're going to have to do, because we don't have a heavyweight team that's going to knock you out.

We just hope we have a good showing. You hope the seniors can go out and have fun, lead the other guys and not be in awe. But it will be a great experience for them.