Bill Herrion Quotations

What we like about (Roybal) is he has great speed and quickness, he?s a very good passer and he really defends the ball. We think he will fit right in.

If we don?t match their intensity and how hard they play, it?s going to be very tough to win the game.

If we could sign two early, I'd be happy,

I?d like to think a game like this will help our confidence.

He's a Boston kid and well-respected in the Boston area and he was a good player in this league.

I was a little surprised. They have 21 wins, played tough in the bracket buster, played some teams tough in the non-conference. ... I think they?re a pretty good 16th seed.

Just a tremendous win for our kids and our program.

Physically, he?s playing out of position. He has a three-man?s body trying to play the four at this level.

The ?and-one? was huge. Thank God we don?t play on TV.

We got beat by a much better basketball team today. They had a lot to do with how we played.

We got beat by a much better basketball team today. Albany has great pieces. They just have a lot of weapons.

You know what? Having been in this for a long time, I haven?t seen too many easy games this time of year. When you get to this time of year there?s no secrets. You have to be on top of your game no matter who you play.

We've been beaten around. We still have to learn to compete every possession for 40 minutes.

We just lost our patience on offense. We had guys stepping out and shooting threes who don?t shoot threes.

We just wanted to give ourselves a chance. What we're more concerned with is 'How do we get better.' We don't have a lot of experience. If you're even going to stay close with a team like this, you have to make shots.

We hit some timely shots. Every time Dartmouth made a run at us we seemed to make a big three.

We hung in there for about the first 10 minutes but then(State) made a big run. They are very efficient on the offensive end of the floor and they defend so well.

You never want to see anybody leave. But that's college basketball. The most important thing is that kids be happy. It's his decision. We wish him the best.

They have a lot of weapons, and you really have to pick your poison defensively. You can play man, but they're very patient in their offense and take you to the basket. Then, when you play zone, they spread you out and kill you with 3-pointers.

There's a new NCAA rule in Division 1. In the academic year it used to be two assistants on the road and now it's three. All the three of our guys, their primary role will be recruiting.

It's been a difficult stretch for us. We're young, we've been beaten around, and we've played 10 of our first 12 games on the road.

They kept going wherever they wanted to go on offense. Switching to zone kind of saves us in the first half, but we kept shooting ourselves in the foot, throwing it away and turning it over.

At times we looked like the Washington Generals on defense. Their guys were wheeling around in the post and laying it in.

At this time of year I?d rather just play games. The more time off the worse. I don?t like the week off thing.

I?m very proud of how they played. They played their hearts out for 45 minutes. Coming off the other night against Maine at home I was concerned with how we?d respond. It?s just a great win for us.

I just told the kids in the locker room that it?s February 15. There?s two games left in the year. We?re not going to micro-analyze this game. We won.

I think our kids deserve a lot of credit. They really, really played their hearts out tonight. ... I think what?s happened with this team is our overall toughness and competitiveness have improved. We?re learning and understanding the fight.

I don?t know how much he liked me at first. I don?t know how much I liked (him). But we like each other now.

He's a gym rat. Most college coaches know him from when he used to make the rounds in the shoe business. He's got involvement in basketball at every level. He's got the pulse on a lot of things, knows a lot of people.

I don?t think the effort was a total issue today. We played pretty hard. But it?s one thing to play hard and another to play well and do your job.

These kids know the deal. They know the standings. They look at the stuff on the Internet. But I don?t want to jam it down their throats.

These guys have done this all year. We've seen it a lot in the last month and a half. They're resilient, they keep fighting.

The first 10 minutes, I think we were a little too selfish on offense.