Bill Rowe Quotations

There is no doubt that this facility will put our two basketball programs on a par with any Division I school in the country. We couldn't be more pleased.

I don't have any doubts at all how he's going to do here. I realize at the end of the year he could walk. We've just got to slide through this first year, and I think we will.

We look forward to the positive impact the new arena will have on both our recruiting and our ability to attract teams to Springfield to play us. There is no doubt that this facility will put our two basketball programs on a par with any other Division I school in the country. We couldn't be more pleased and appreciative of all that Mr. Hammons has done for our university over the years. This is yet another example.

I think it's unfortunate because there was a great deal of debate about not marketing the lottery to poor people. It doesn't take much to connect the dots. If you're pawning your possessions for money or don't have enough money to have a bank account, it's probably not a great idea to spend your money on lottery tickets.

That would benefit us, and our league, in particular.

We just agreed we wanted everybody to be happy.

With both the men's and the women's teams, we put our eggs in the NCAA Tournament basket first.

When you have other programs wanting to talk to your coach, it means she's doing a good job.

Believe me, I don't think (Allen leaving) is a remote possibility. We're too pleased with the way things are going.

The situation seemed like it was just right.

Once you've opened that Pandora's box of selling lottery tickets, it's difficult to say you're going to sell them here and not there. But to have them on sale in places you go because you're strapped for cash, that ought to be thought about. There's something to that, that ... doesn't seem to be the best public policy.

They kind of all had my back and were telling the other guys to just wait and see what I could do.

It was a win-win situation for them and for us.