Gregg Marshall Quotations

What has gotten old is one-and-done. (Winning is) the next step. That's what we talked about in that locker room in Arizona last year.

We were disappointed in our seed, but the bottom line is we lost a couple games in our league, and we're not supposed to do that. Had we gone undefeated in our conference, maybe our seed would've been much better, but that's very difficult to do and somewhat unrealistic.

Phillip was really, really sick today in all the ways you can be sick. He got two bags of fluids. His 16 minutes were crucial.

I don't understand it. I thought we'd be higher. But I'm not in that room. Now, we've just got to go prove it.

For what they do for Winthrop and for us, and for themselves.

We've got to win out. That's just the way it is. We've got to see what team shows up (tonight).

It all sets up for a lot of drama.

It doesn't get any easier. I can tell you that.

That's a very, very talented and dangerous group.

We were a 15 seed and whoever we were going to be matched up with was going to be a good team. We thought we should be a little better, we weren't, and now we're three points away from being able to talk about that.

We were a 15 seed and three more points and we would be talking about (a huge upset).

The defense did a much better job. In that respect, last Monday (the loss to Liberty) was beneficial. Tonight we were not flat or uninspired.

What they had, (this year's team) has not shown consistently -- the three Cs. Consistent championship character. They've shown character, but not been consistent. That is where we need to go. Whether or not we can get there is going to determine how far we go.

You get to a point where you're supposed to be wiser. In situations like this, you're supposed to know what to say. I don't know what to say.

It was all over the place, the highs and lows; it never really was what you'd thought it would be. But it would have had to have been almost a perfect season to be anything other than a letdown.

That's what you play the whole regular season for in this league. I anticipate a capacity crowd on Saturday.

You still have to win three next week.

They took care of business at home. We needed a win. We have more talent than they do, but we needed to win. I did not think we'd put 98 on the board, but I'm happy with the way we played. We controlled the tempo and the result for 40 minutes.

They say nobody does this better than Winthrop University and Rock Hill.

It's a dogfight. We're as close to third as we are first now.

It's much harder to repeat than to win one last year. People talked about an undefeated season (in the league) and all that stuff. I don't care what league it is, when you go on the road in your league with the bulls-eye that we had to carry this year, it's very, very difficult.

It never gets old. What has gotten old is one-and-done. That's the next step.

It's great to talk about that and write about it, and it's a legitimate thought. But our guys went in last year and none of 'em had played in the NCAA tournament, and I thought they played incredibly well.

That's as well as we've played, to a man, in a long time. Every guy who played tonight, played well. I can go back and nitpick on the film, but I don't think I'm going to. It was one of those nights when everything flowed.

That's as well as we've played to a man in a long, long time. I could go back and nit pick the tape, but I'm not going to. It was one of those nights when everything flowed. I hope it says we're coming together at the right time.

I learned a great phrase from talking to some people they had played. You need to be standing on his toes when he's catching the ball.

To anyone complaining about our schedule - call us. We'll put you on it.

My wife thinks I'm very hot. She tells me that every couple weeks, especially when we go to the NCAA tournament and all the nice things come along with it.

My wife thinks I'm very hot. She tells me that every couple of weeks.

There's no doubt in our minds we can play with the best teams in the country - if we play well.

The crowd got its money's worth on a Saturday night. It's not a masterpiece. Coaches know there aren't going to be any perfect games. I just wanted to win this one and get out of here.