Troy Powell Quotations

One thing we did well was we handled their full-court press. They've got a lot of quickness, and they press the whole game.

He missed some shots in the first half, but in the second half, I told him and everybody else to keep shooting and eventually they would start to drop. I guess he took it to heart because they started to drop, and we were looking for him. He kept making all of the plays for us.

We really tried to talk about scoring more points. In the second half, we started to just go off against them.

We played really good defense. We held them to 45 points, and they've been scoring in the 70s and 80s. It was a great team defense performance.

Throughout the year, he helped a lot offensively, and his leadership quality was also huge. He was one guy who really willed us to win a couple of games throughout the season.

We showed resiliency when we were down by nine, and we didn't give up.

Everybody here knows that family, and everybody is affected by it. It could have been any of our families.

It was really exciting to win it again. It's two totally different feelings to play in it and coach in it. I'm a lot more nervous as a coach than I was as a player. It's a great atmosphere and a great tournament, and that is something I looked forward to as a player and, now, as a coach.

I told my guys there is no pressure on us because we were given a No. 4 seed. I also told them to play with heart because we've won two in a row, but there isn't all that pressure because we are the No. 4 seed.

It's huge to get a home game in our region playoffs. I'm very excited about that.

It was great experience coaching this group of guys. It was a great season, and we learned a lot as a team.

They won't get the acute type of care they need.

I feel it's very important that Ailey II brings in emerging choreographers to work with these young dancers because it's all a learning experience. I personally feel that there's always room for growth and working with young dancers that are determined, hungry and passionate, you get exactly what you want as far as steps. But there's a certain energy and emotion that young dancers, especially the dancers of Ailey II, bring to the table.