80 Quotes by Dave Rose

Let me tell you, that guy is really, really good. It's hard to judge how he'll do with blocked shots because he didn't have any against New Mexico in the last game, but he had 19 against us in two games. You wonder if he'll be healthy. ...You try to prepare the players for how he might help out, but at the same time you don't want to get them so nervous that they're just throwing the ball up.

Luckily, the weather's not too good with the snow. So it's a good environment for basketball.

Less than one-half of one percent of our students are involved in assaults.

Most shot blockers will defend primarily on the ball or help from the weak side. Justin Williams can come from anywhere at any time. You have to be in the mind-set that you're either going to pull up and make a shot or find the man he left and punish him by making the extra pass to an open guy.

I felt, if we were going to be successful, it was important to have a number of guys scoring between nine and 14 points a game.

He has great recruiting ties and outstanding basketball knowledge. He really understands the game. Walter also has an excellent rapport with the players in our program.

He's a special athlete with size and strength. I think he's coming into his own.

He seems to get better every game. What we're trying to get out of Trent is more consistent play because we really rely on him.

He's had some really big games. Like a freshman, he's been a little inconsistent at times. He is a really streaky player. If he gets off to a good start, and hits his first two or three shots, he can take off and have a big game. It'll be important for us to pay a lot of attention to him early.