“If you have followed our team, we have done this every night. The one thing I can say about our team is that since the conference started, we haven’t had a bad night, ever. Every game has been if you follow our team, with three minutes to go, we got a chance to win. We have lost a lot of road games close ? this one was 11 and Carolina was 10 ? but both games felt like we were in the game, late in the game.
Our team has shown great resiliency. I hear a lot about other teams having eight scholarships; we’ve had nine scholarships all year. We’ve had guys leave and some are playing with a new coach. I don’t think enough has been made of what my guys have been able to accomplish and overcome: a new system, new coaching, nine scholarship players, practicing against coaches, walk-ons, students, managers, grabbing a football player. This is the first time I have ever mentioned it, so dammnit I want someone to write something about how hard our team played. I’m tired of reading about everybody else in the league.”