143 Quotes by Gary Waters

Wednesday will tell the tale. Over the weekend, some good things happened in our behalf that got us a step closer today. But we can end all this speculation by going to St. John's and winning.

We work on contesting every day for 20 minutes. My guys are mad at me, 'Why we got to do this?' Because it's a three-point shot, you got to contest it.

When the powers-that-be have made decisions, you don't know where and when it all started. I know a year ago when we came in last place in the Big East the bubbling started. This year they had question marks when we lost a few games. This is the best league in America and we could end up 7-9 with a team that was picked to finish 14th and not be in the Big East Tournament.

This (tournament) is as exciting as it gets. This kind of atmosphere is what you play for.

There are really not any state guidelines on who can and cannot be a sonographer. What's lacking here is that virtually anybody can buy an X-ray machine and say that they do sonography.

We've got to execute defensively late in games. That's what's killed us.

Without taking him away you don't have an opportunity. Our game plan, to take Whitney away, gave us an opportunity with this team.

We're the type of team that at times it's a challenge for us to score. What I tell my team is we want two other guys to (score) double figures. We don't know who that may be, we just need two other guys to contribute.

The reason I feel we're a better rebounding team is we're more athletic. That changes the whole philosophy of things. And all our guys rebound; our guards get after it and our big guys have improved in that area, too.