Ron Jirsa Great Quotations

Chris had two outstanding games. He was our leader. The Bahamian teams attacked with very quick, physical guards and it was a good challenge. In the second game he had nine assists and no turnovers. That's a great indicator of things to come.

We've been trying to get a great effort. I think this was our best effort game since I've been here.

I thought Corey Rouse was great down the stretch and really looked good.

Tyler is a mobile, skilled forward with great size who is still growing. He had a tremendous senior season as a 17-year old. I believe he can continue to grow with our program and help us continue to move forward.

That's the way we are looking at the game Wednesday. UAB is a great team, but now we turn our attention to Tulane in the tournament.

We've relied on our effort level and our poise and we didn't have either one tonight. Our effort level in the first half was a big key. We did not have great effort and we needed to have great effort.

The nation will see us, not only in the movie, but with our new exposure with Conference USA. It's a lot of exposure and a great chance to capitalize.

They have great poise and when you mix poise with balance it gives you a chance to win every night. When you're playing a team with tremendous poise you have to have that yourself. We've got to duplicate that effort and go beyond that to get a win that's needed.