Rob Spivery Quotations

One of our concentrations was to defend outside shots.

Peter has been a very good player for us all year. We wanted to go to him late because both of Arkansas-Pine Bluff's big guys were in foul trouble.

I did not realize Aldridge was as long as he is. He covers a lot of ground out there. Very tough to defend. Tonight it was real tough on us because of the size, strength and quickness around the basket.

I thought we competed, and competed very hard. A little more offensive output by us, and it could've been a different story.

I thought Southern had always had the best talent in our league. For some reason, it wasn't all put together.

I thought our defense was outstanding. We didn't shoot particularly well, but we played defense and rebounded extremely well. When you do those two things effectively, you'll usually have a chance to win.

This team has played with a great amount of poise all year. We've been down a couple of times this season and come back. So, it's something I knew we could do. That wasn't easy, playing here in a hostile environment.

We could've easily panicked but we didn't. That shows the character of a championship team. Our guys withstood the best they could come after us with.

It's a good feeling to be champions, and I'm glad our players have the opportunity to experience it. The team responded very well to the changes this year, and they have earned this opportunity.

It is very satisfying considering that we came in here in our first year and resurrected a great program with tradition that hadn't done well in the past few years.

It's a matter of the players welcoming the chance and not being intimidated by playing a school named Duke. As long as they compete like they have all year.

It was kind of tough for us with their size, strength and quickness around the basket. Give Texas credit for applying the pressure.

How much it affected us, I really can't say, because we did not play many home games in that stretch, anyway.