243 Quotes by Kelvin Sampson

We had no answer for Blalock and Stinson. Iowa State has the two best guards on a single team in the Big 12.

We were happy we won those games, but you could just tell that we didn't have our edge. When you lose your edge, it's hard to get back.

We haven't changed anything, we haven't added new plays. We've finally started to put it all together.

The problem with being ranked so high comes if you don't play up to expectations. But we never had our guys. We were always saying what would happen if we could ever get them back. We expected to be a good team, but we weren't the only team to go through some injuries.

You look up and we're up 10, we miss a 1-and-1, we miss three free throws and it's like 'How do you lose a lead?

We won the league last year and didn't get to play in Oklahoma City.

We weren't as good as them for 38 minutes, but we were for 40.

When North Carolina won the national championship last year, they had a lot of two-year players. You get them at the front end or back end. It just depends on how you want to look at it.

We had a couple of sand bags in the dike, but it's just embarrassing. I don't know what else to say.