18 Quotes by Joe DeSantis

We stuck with what we do and we made plays. These kids deserve credit. Craig made the big shot and we made enough free throws down the stretch.

Guys like Winchester, Benson and Job (Casimir) when they?re pushing the ball they give us energy. Victor is one of those guys because he can get a steal in the post, block a shot, get a rebound, he gives us energy on defense.

John is the kind of player who can give us something positive or something negative. Tonight he gave something very positive.

Job shows us every day in practice that he can make his free throws. He's a freshman but we have confidence in him when he goes to the line.

I think we deserve to be in. I think we're as good as anybody in the tournament.

We don?t seem to be doing a good job of finishing halves strong. That falls on my shoulders.

We gave them a good battle for 17 minutes. I promised my team that when I watch the tape tomorrow I won't look at the scoreboard. I'll look at how we played. We played hard. They made one of those phenomenal runs on us and the show was over.

We gave them a good battle for 17 minutes. I just think (Connecticut) is so good, so well-coached. They just made one of those phenomenal runs on us and the show was over.

Too big and too strong at every position. It becomes a case of, how do you want to play them? They made one of those phenomenal runs on us and the show was over.