Herb Sendek Game Quotations

I was really proud of the way we responded in the first and second overtimes after the way Miami fought back and tied the game in regulation. It showed tremendous heart.

Ideally, I'd like to have some more time. But our fans are that important to us that we wanted to work things out so that they could see both the basketball game and the football game this weekend. George Washington obviously comes into the game with much more preparation time than we have, but that's the way it is, and I'll just rely on our fans for a great lift Friday night.

Cedric just continues to get better every night out. Duke's game plan defensively made it very important for us to go in to him. Our guys did a good job of doing that and he responded with another really good game for us.

Basketball is a game of runs. Our team responded well tonight when they made their runs. We bent, but did not break.

Our guys have nothing to be ashamed of. Our guys competed really hard and played really well. We didn't win the game, but I want them to feel good about themselves. Saturday, we have another big game (Wake Forest) and the train is moving on.

I think we've improved in every area, and I think they could say the same. That game was the first weekend in January before we started going through this gauntlet. I think both teams just have so many more experiences; so many more practices that have hopefully made us better in every area. And I think we both probably are.

We've been fortunate to be on the positive end of the stick of most of those. We've been on an unbelievable path here lately. Every game comes down to the end for sure.

The fact that we moved the game from Friday to Saturday shows how important we think out fans are. From a preparation standpoint, it would have been a lot better for us to have an extra day, especially considering George Washington comes into our game without a game this week.

Duke's game plan defensively made it very important for us to go in to him.

We've been on an unbelievable run of these lately. It seems like every game comes down to the end, but we're not unique in this league when it comes down to close games.

Texas played an outstanding basketball game and we give them a great deal of credit. As for us the single most significant factor was we just had a hard time making some shots.

Any time you have a game that goes 50 minutes, there are points when you are going to go back and look at the turning points and the different opportunities you had.

Absolutely, without any question. It's never easy to lose, you invest so much of yourself into every game and it tends to be so consuming that it's always difficult. It doesn't come easy for any of us.

It's certainly an advantage if you don't have to play an extra game. To win any one game is a great challenge in our league.