John Jay Good Quotations

I was pretty comfortable with how those guys were defending, and I thought we had pretty good ball movement. I didn't need to experiment or try anything else. I had great confidence in that group. I didn't start the game like I was going to play seven. Somewhere in there I said to myself I'm only playing seven.

Having them being released is a good thing. People make a big deal about it because it's an unknown.

What Jordan does like any great point guard is the ability to have vision and control from sideline to sideline, as well as end line to end line. It's a talent that makes a good point guard a great point guard.

We've prepared ourselves, and we've made progress as a team through 11 games. We haven't played a team like that in respect to changing defenses all the time. To recognize defenses all the time and play a game with only eight turnovers, I thought we did a good job with our patience.

Brett played 20 minutes on Thursday with two turnovers. We don't have that ratio of turnovers per minutes played on our team right now. He did a really good job. I'm very pleased with what he did, and the chances are pretty good I'll probably start him again on Thursday.

I made up my mind I was going to play some guys. Those guys I put in have been playing their tails off in practice. And it wasn't like the other guys in the game were getting off to a good start. The kids knew I was going to do it.

I'm pleased with how he's playing and the efficiency level we're getting from the big guys. They are in a good rhythm with each other. I'm pleased with how they are coming together and working together.

That goes without saying. It looks good (to be at home for so long), but if you don't perform and get it done, it won't look as good.

It's good to see him participate in low impact shooting. When we start talking about next week, we're still eight days away. There's no ballistic movement in what we are doing, so we'll see.

I haven't seen a line like that in a long time, with five assists and one turnover. I thought he did a good job. I thought he did an extremely credible job defensively. Derrick Low is a very good player, and he went after Brett. He got some buckets on him, but he was poised in terms of doing his job of running the team and getting back defending.

It was a good effort and we moved the ball better than we have in a while, and so it's fun to get back on that side of it again. It was good to see guys make plays at the end of the game, and keep poised.

The odds are stacked against anybody to (win four in a row), but I think it's good for the kids to come down and be part of the conference tournament.

They played really good defense, and you could see that we couldn't handle the ball.

It's a good thing; good for the guys to get some home games early. We'll want to make it an annual thing.

It's a conclusion of a marvelous career of an honorable man. Everything good about college basketball is in Dick Bennett.

And if he says that, I don't get that. I don't buy that at all for this game for these guys. We practiced well. We practiced hard. We had good energy. I completely dispute that. For the (Arizona State) game, I believe we didn't come with the mindset to fight and compete.