33 Quotes by Dana Altman

When we have an opportunity to play the larger schools, they see the difference is just not there. Basketball is a home-and-road sport and, traditionally, the big schools have always played at home. Now when the smaller schools get them on a neutral court, the gap is not what the public perceives it to be.

We have no complaints. We had our opportunities, we just didn't get it done.

We've won some games we shouldn't. We probably lost some games we should've won. We just need to focus on getting better. If a few weeks down the line we're still in the hunt, we can talk about it later. But it's too early for our team to be talking about anything like that.

He's had some big games. We felt like the zone might give us the opportunity to contain him. For the most part, it did a decent job.

He misses playing. He prepared really hard for his senior year. It has been tough on him.

We're one of the top 100 teams, and this gives us a chance to keep playing. If we get a home game, our fans have been so good to us that our guys owe it to them to go out and play their hearts out just for the great support we've received all season.

I talk to the players all the time about not making excuses. I'm probably the worst at making excuses. You've just got to keep going. The players have shown a lot of resiliency, and I appreciate that.

I thought we showed a lot of resiliency and toughness in fighting back. We were in trouble, obviously.

I thought he did everything he could tonight. Everyone will look at his 20 points, but I thought his defensive effort was pretty good.