30 Quotes by Ritchie McKay

Kyle is one of those junkyard dog-type players. He is one that not many will account for in the scouting report. He is a luxury to have on the team.

We needed to know where he was every time. He hit four 3s in Laramie, and it hurt us badly, so our guys were there on the catch, and we wanted to make him bounce a little bit. We did a good job of changing defenses and not letting him get into a rhythm.

We've got to avoid the road blues. We've got to avoid getting down early. We've been playing from behind the last 140 minutes of basketball on the road. We led Kansas State at half (which eventually was a 68-56 loss on Nov. 23), and we haven't played with the lead since.

Tony would be a great poker player, because he doesn't show much emotion. I think he has bigger goals for his own game. I sense some frustration.

Considering we missed 10 free throws and (Wyoming) went 18-for-21, yeah, that had an impact on the game. I think we have missed some opportunities by not making free throws. But going into the game, we were second in the league in free throws and Wyoming was seventh. I'm not sure how to explain that.

encourages his players to live a Christian life.

Our defense has taken away the best scoring option or scoring options. We made other people step up. That's a good thing. The only problem is they have done it successfully.

They survived our run. I thought we took some of their primary options away offensively but we couldn't do it over 40 minutes. They tired us out and we turned it over too much.

They have five guys that can score on the floor nearly every possession. You're going to give up something.