Brad Holland Great Quotations

Missouri is a very well coached team and deserving of their ranking. They have an experienced team, returning many of their top lettermen from last season. In 2005, they were one catch away from a Super Regional, so this weekend will be a great test for our guys.

I'm all for trying to create more student and community interest. The team and staff were up on the main campus today promoting it. It would be great if we could get 1,000 or more people there.

We played great defense. We held Gonzaga to 64 points. That's unheard of.

This is great exposure for James and for our institution. It was no secret that James would be on this list since he was selected in the professional draft after last year. Getting a degree was one of his main priorities and that was obvious by him being one of the few juniors in the country to turn down the money of professional baseball.

This loss was as tough as they get. We did a great job of getting it into overtime and then we ran out of gas.