Herb Sendek Team Quotations

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

Our rebounding was basically non-existent tonight, and I'm very disappointed in the way we played. Noel had it going and their entire team really played well, but we certainly helped their cause.

Our guys have been working to become a team since we started school in August. One of the great things about college basketball is that you do have a new beginning.

I think this team does have the capacity to be a low-turnover team.

Our team had a lot of resolve today. We showed a lot of grit and determination.

Today was a good team win. There's nothing wrong with that. There really isn't.

We're just trying to recover from a hard-fought double-overtime game. It was one of those games really neither team lost. Both teams played winning basketball and we were fortunate to come away with a win.

When you think of Tony, you think back to all that he's had to overcome in terms of injuries. What he's meant our team this year has really hard to calculate; he's been invaluable to us. Only now that we've seen how brilliant he has been you can't help but wonder what he could have meant to our team last year. In retrospect, we can now connect the dots and see what Julius was talking about when he could only practice with us that year.

We've had a tough patch here at the end of the year, and a lot of attention has been drawn to that part of our season. I don't want that to take away from the fact that this team has played outstanding basketball and really enjoyed a heck of a season. Our challenge now is to rest up a little bit, regroup and prepare for the tournament next week.

That's just kind of how this team has taken shape. I don't know if you're going to have that many guys night in and night out, but we certainly had terrific balance. Just a good team win.

They (Seton Hall) were very well prepared and we were just not a good basketball team tonight.

It won't be easy on Saturday with a tough Boston College team coming in here, but we will have to bounce back and be ready to play.

I don't know how mental it is. They were better tonight. They were a better team than we were last year as well.

There's very few people or groups that don't have to endure some type of adversity before they grow from it. I think most every season has got that element. Last year our team responded really well.

It was one of those games where it's hard to call either team a loser.

It's a team game. Those guys didn't take a lot of shots. We were attacking what we thought was there. We don't measure value based on the number of points a guy gets.

I can't compare games. I thought our team played great basketball. Our guys have nothing to be ashamed of. Our guys competed really hard and played really well. I want them to feel good about themselves.