Dave Robbins Quotations

We did put two halves together, and I think we've only done that about five or six times this year. Usually we're one half and done. We can beat about anybody in the country if we're playing well.

I don't think we play well enough to advance. People say that sometimes you have to have luck, and today I thought we got very, very lucky. Regardless, we're proud to be in the position that we're in.

I thought Columbus probably should have won. I don't know if a prayer was answered, but our kids don't quit.

I will push Brad. I will push Brad to be better than he thinks he can be.

Some of our kids in the program might not be as committed as I want them to be. We'll weed them out and get some other guys, and we'll confirm our commitment to the guys who believe in what we're doing 100 percent.

Somehow or another, we hung in there and the ball bounced our way at the end. We were very lucky.

We just aren't shooting the ball very well. Our defense really saved us.

We're not at all embarrassed to be the second-best team in the country. The second-place awards were in our locker room, and I told our players they might feel like they don't want them now, but when they're old and gray, they'll be very proud they were the second-best team in the country.

We won with class last year and this year we lost with class.

We didn't have our 'A' game today. But even if we'd had our best game, I don't know if we could have beaten them.

We picked our energy level up and wanted to get within 10 by halftime. I've been telling our team all year you can't get behind against good teams expect to win. They've proved me wrong quite a few times, but this time it caught up to us.

We just picked our energy level up and caused a couple of errors. Then we'd travel or throw the ball away or something. We were helping them beat us.

Brad was getting muscled and couldn't get in the lane, and when he did he couldn't score. He just had a terrible night shooting.

Duan wasn't quite as mobile and that hurt us on defense. But he said he could play . . . so we put him in there to see what he could do.

I've been telling the team, you can't do that against a good team. They kept proving me wrong . . . but today they saw against a good team that you just can't keep coming back.

I've never seen a team shoot any better than that -- and I'm talking about from downtown. There's no way you can defend that, as deep as those kids were shooting.

They push it to the basket hard, but they usually kick it to the shooters. So we were actually stopping threes first, and (then trying) not to give up any twos.

They had lost five straight. They were like a wounded animal: They came at us and they wanted it worse than we did.

They're gonna play and they're gonna get open shots. I'd like to see some of them knock some of them down.

It's just great to have the opportunity to play in a title game. We're just a small church school in Richmond, so anytime we're on national TV, it's a great for our school, for our enrollment, for everything.

It was Coaching 101. If something doesn't work early in the game, try it later.

It's a luxury to have two fine players. Any one of them can carry you on any given night.

They wanted it more than we did. It meant more to them than it did to us.

They jumped on us early. We fought back somehow and found a way to get ahead.

Anytime you can win and not play well, it's a good win.

I really rode Brad hard for about three quarters of the year. And then I told him if he would do the things I told him to do I'd quit riding him.

I don't know if it's self-promotion or what. Maybe it would've turned out different if I'd been more aggressive about it. But it's never been something that's been high on my list of priorities.

He's a player. There's no doubt the kid can flat-out play.

The Union fans are tough. I've always said they're with you win or tie.

All three try to lead. But it's just difficult for them because they aren't leading by example.