36 Quotes by Keith Dambrot

We've still survived, which is a tribute to our guys. We've played a good schedule with four high-major teams.

We need to beat them. You always want to get a monkey off your back. This season we got the 20-win monkey off of our back. Last season, we got to Cleveland. This season, we got the (first-round) bye. We need to just keep taking monkeys off of our back.

Mentally, you figure out that if you're not strong enough, you need to get in the weight room. The hard part is all that skill and knowledge and ability, and he's got that. It's a tribute to their staff to find a guy like that who slipped through the cracks.

I am glad to get the monkey off my back. The program needed the 20 wins more than anything to take that next jump. It's big for us.

Bubba wants to explore his options elsewhere, and our program wishes him the best of luck.

For us to come in after 17 years of never being in the postseason since Coach Huggins was here, you couldn't write a better script then to play Temple. For a fledgling group like us, to come in and be able to play them is just a great honor.

I thought they were in trouble when they left here, but they rallied. They will be in every game because they defend.

I think we've had a problem putting teams away all year. They (CMU) played harder than us that last 15 minutes (of regulation) and it almost cost us. (CMU head coach) Jay Smith gets his guys to play hard for him.

I think this is good for our program. We're trying to build a Nevada, Gonzaga, Xavier, Dayton (program). That's why I came home here.