15 Quotes by Jason Couch

It's not one of those years where someone clearly is ahead of the group. Our team has been successful, and he has played well in two of the biggest tournaments the state holds in the regular season. I think he has a legitimate shot.

For a quarter we played like we did in the LIT, and I really thought maybe being in this place we could do it. But there's so many tough regular-season games in this region, and the last five weeks we just weren't as sharp.

They can shoot. What makes them so difficult to guard is that all five can score. We played our best game since the LIT. It's tough to lose, but this experience and playing in this atmosphere is a great way to prepare you for the tournament.

They just did a really good job of slowing us down.

I don't know if I have ever been as proud of a team in 14 years of coaching. I don't know if you could ask for two better games to start a new rivalry.

The first day of practice we set some lofty goals, and a lot of people might have laughed at them. But we told them at the very beginning, 'It doesn't matter what the rankings are. All we can do is control ourselves on the floor.' And these guys continue to amaze even me.