679 Quotes by Jim Calhoun

We're not exactly coming off a disaster, we are 27-3. We have to treat this like a weekend tournament because it is for us.

In basketball, sometimes those things happen. We kind of overwhelmed them.

The thing that scares me always the most and the thing I caution our players on is that next week, you go home. You go home for the Big East tournament. And then next time you go home, we pack up the uniforms. And this team is good enough to get to Indianapolis. Will it get to Indianapolis? I have no idea. ... Maybe the first round of the tournament some team gets up, plays us tough and we don't execute.

Our fans couldn't wait to get back to seeing the pretty plays. They were few and far between.

In all my years of coaching, I can't remember a player who came as far as he did at that point of his career. He should be held up as an example.

I felt bad for Rashad. He wanted to be so good. It's really unfortunate he didn't have the type of game he's capable of having.

This league will not allow you to breathe. If you're not good every night, you're going to get beat. It's that difficult. In all my years in this league, I've never seen anything like it.

We still have a chance to have a special season, there's no question in my mind. In order for us to finish up the season the way we have to, we have to eliminate some of those inconsistent moments, because pretty soon every game becomes important, and if you have an inconsistent game, you go home.

Overall, I thought it was a good win for us, but I don't think we played as well as we're capable of.