Mark Turgeon Last Quotations

I have been saying three or four teams the whole time. The last couple of days, we've gotten so much publicity that it's almost been negative.

Last year I think we wanted to be part of the NCAA Tournament so badly we didn't worry about the things that we could control, which is making our team better. That's what we're doing this year.

We've had a lot of practice the last two weeks and it showed today. When we shoot well, we're pretty darn good.

If you look over the (statistic) sheets of our last few games, it's been that way. We've worked on it all year, trying to get them to pass the ball and use each other. They really did that well tonight. This was a great team game.

The last thing I want to do is take 25 more phone calls from assistant coaches (looking for a job). When I get an assistant coach, I'm going to announce it as soon as I can.

It's been a great ride. On Selection Sunday our name pops up there, and six days later we're in the Sweet 16. Things change quick. But we're the same level-headed team that went into the tournament last weekend.

They're better than they were last year and then they were pretty darned good. It's hard to get an open shot against them.