34 Quotes by Reggie Witherspoon

We kept playing harder as the game went on, that's something you have to do. You have to believe you're going to come back. We weren't necessarily playing well but we played harder and that gave us a chance.

We were doing the best we can to patch it all together when the game started, when he had no fouls. When he goes out . . . it's difficult. It's great to get those (other) guys some experience, but it's not a stress-free experience.

We weren't tough enough under the basket. That was the difference.

We knew Calvin had the ability. Where he struggled was his maturity. He had to embrace the notion that he had to mature more. I told him once he did, the sky's the limit.

We turned it over early and often in the first part of the game.

I started to look at George Mason before the selections came out. Just talking to different people from different leagues, some people said to me.

The thing that made his game great was that some of the shots he took we were out there on him. We knew that he was going to hit some shots. We said we just don't want him to get anything easy. I don't think he got anything easy, but he still got to the basket a couple of times. That's what made it difficult.

I've been asking them to visualize and go through the game mentally and anticipate so that you're not just sitting and hoping. If the ball bounces and you didn't think it was going to bounce to you you're probably not going to get it. Hopefully it's paying off for him and I'm hoping some of the other guys are going to start doing that too.

That's why you always want that shot. When you get into a tournament like this, it isn't the best teams that win all the time. You've just got to be better on that day. But you need that day. George Mason got it and took advantage of the opportunity.