30 Quotes by Grant McCasland

The only thing I talked to the team about was to throw this one out. That wasn't us in the second half. You have to give (the Hawks) a lot of credit because they just came in here and beat us.

We're just fortunate and blessed to have an opportunity. The reason why we're there is because the guys play in to what we do and they play hard.

If those guys return, that should probably be the best group we've had as far as a returning class since I've been here. That should get us more excited about the future.

He had a lot of trust in coach Linder, and in that level he can have an opportunity to have an immediate impact.

He's a big-time motor. He's a tough winner. He plays extremely hard all the time. The best compliment I could give him is that he does whatever it takes to win, whether it's making the extra pass, hitting a big basket or getting the tough rebound.

He's a sophomore who understands what this is about. It's about doing whatever it takes to help the team win. He's been our team leader on and off the court for two years and he's the heart and soul of this team.

His play won't show up on the stat sheet but Jordan did a good job of guarding and rebounding. Jordan played about 25 minutes and really gave us a spark tonight.

He comes from a really tough background as far as growing up in Brooklyn and he's helped really helped our team by being someone who can go and get a tough basket or a rebound. We're going to need him to be successful at the regional tournament.

It affected us a lot especially in the first half where maybe we could have created some room between us and them. I also played (Smith) in one of the power forward positions which I haven't done all year long and it kind of got us out of rhythm.