34 Quotes by Doug Elgin

The outcome of the championship game puts us in a position where I believe in my heart that we deserve and will get five. If there are a lot of at-large bids gobbled up by upsets, potentially we could get fewer, but I don't think there's any question that we have six teams right now that I think are NCAA Tournament-caliber.

We're keeping coaches in place. Dana Altman sets the example. He understands you can accomplish just as much at Creighton as you can at Big State U. His program has been in postseason play for eight consecutive seasons. And kids in the Midwest see Valley schools playing in sold-out arenas, taking on the best teams in the nation, and getting more television exposure. It's coming together for us. We're having a bunch of programs mature at the same time.

Money can't buy you a Goliath. It can't buy you an unbeatable team. You gotta have someone who can coach them, someone who can mold them into a unit. You can really equalize things with kids who grow up in a solid program, who become seniors. They have the opportunity to take advantage of the youth and inexperience of some of these major programs that might be playing them in the Tournament.

If I miss any part of service on the committee, it?s that.

I think the entire country was holding its collective breath when she got hurt. I've never experienced that type of total silence there. It scared the daylights out of all of us.

I think there were two games in our tournament... that were elimination games.

I think there's still a feeling that we're not for real among some of the talking heads. But I think we'll truly be a conference to be reckoned with on Selection Sunday.

Nationally, I think you're starting to see an emergence of programs that may not be at the tip of the tongue of the media but are starting to be viewed very differently.

We had to upgrade our RPI. To do that you have go on the road, you have to play good teams and you have to win.