Tom Yeager Team Quotations

A lot of lower-seeded teams have senior leadership, and they can be really tough in the pressure situations you get in the NCAA Tournament. At the end of the day, experience can carry you over the sheer athletic ability of younger players.

I think maybe they'll accept mid-major teams who have done everything they can do, to the best of their ability. You'd like to think these teams will get an extra look, that they won't just be summarily dismissed in favor of high-profile programs.

It's a group of kids that came together ... and showed people that there is more basketball than hangs out in the big, power conferences. The idea of having a team in the Final Four is kind of beyond dreaming.