Steve Pikiell Quotations

I think about that all the time. To make the tournament, you don't need a great season, you need a great weekend. We're going to go to the conference tournament, forget about the season, and we'll try make something happy out of a season that hasn't been that happy.

His focus wasn't on what is important. Forget about the NBA, he needs to get his degree.

We played well at times, but our margin for error is so small.

They hit every shot they took. They got into a zone I haven't seen in a long time.

We're a team that needs a lot of things to go right for us to win. We're improving. Unfortunately, our record doesn't indicate that.

When you play the No. 2 team in the country and you give them 25 offensive rebounds, it's going to be a long night.

Their big guy was blocking shots and he did a nice job of hanging around and making us change our shots a bit.

We're the worst free throw shooting team in the conference. We missed six of eight down the stretch and you can't afford to do that on the road.

If we're 9-for-10 from the line instead of 4-for-10, the game doesn't come down to a final jump shot. We spend hours shooting free throws in practice but we can't make them in games.

I loved playing there. I bleed the blue. From a coaching standpoint having to play the No. 2 ranked team on the road is a daunting task. ... I'm excited about the opportunity. I tell these guys all the time these are great opportunities for Stony Brook.