Curt Miller Quotations

I think that's what you're going to see down the stretch, that each and every possession is important to the outcome of the game.

How about the crowd? That is unbelievable and a big part of tonight's story. The student body really came out and supported us in a big game tonight.

We have enjoyed a magical run so far this year.

We would go right back, right this minute, and play again with the shots we got early in the half and I don't think we would be down 14.

Buffalo is playing really good basketball and it's not a fluke that they're 6-3 over their last nine games. One of the things that stands out about Buffalo is their shooting percentage. We came out with the big point of emphasis to keep them under 42-45 percent shooting and we did that. . . . We took away their first option and tried to make them look hard for their other options.

If anything, I think that was why we were a little shell-shocked early because Ali was struggling and we look to Ali so much.

I just reminded them to not feel sorry for themselves, they are going to get tired a little quicker. The adversity just brings a close-knit team even more together. They realized it was going to take each and every one of the 12 players to get over the hump tonight.

We were again a little short-handed this week, but our athletes who were there performed very well.

This team continues to step up and amaze me. When I have that mustard seed of doubt in them they in turn just keep amazing me by these performances against unbelievably talented teams.

You can't win this tournament unless you start putting 40 minutes together. We were challenging them before the game to have a more spirited sense of urgency in the first half.