Bobby Gonzalez Quotations

When you're a 12 seed, you're usually playing against a team (in the first round) that's just outside of the top 25. That makes a big difference. A lot of the teams out of the top 25 are so similar, and in the tournament, anything can happen.

When there's a last-second play, you can't get too scientific. You have to get the ball in the right people's hands and see if they can make a play.

There are too many things going wrong for us to win this game.

My father was a big boxing fan, and he used to say the best fighters are the ones who come through the ranks and pay their dues. I'm here today because I came up through the ranks. My dream was always to be a head coach in the Big East. That's all I ever aspired to do.

I was scared to death. C.J. had a double-double against them the first game, but I knew we weren't the same team and they hadn't lost on he road in the conference. It was the ultimate underdog situation.

I gotta give Mike (MacDonald) credit because they played motivated basketball from the beginning.

I don't know what it was with Jason. I didn't really recognize him today.

I came up through the ranks. I've paid my dues and I feel like I belong here and I'm ready. It took me 25 years to get here, and you can believe I'm not going to take it lightly.

I expected Marist's best shot and I think we got it.

He's a toughness guy. Darren's got a great body. He's strong. ... With how thin we are now, he's a very versatile, important, key guy.

He just has that chip-on-the-shoulder toughness, like a riverboat gambler. He's going for it. He's got huge, huge heart. You're never out of trouble with him.

I think the double-bye is an advantage/disadvantage. This is not an excuse. Saint Peter's outplayed us and they deserved to win. Our guys played hard. But we didn't seem as sharp. I don't know if the week off hurt us.

I think a lot of people believed we couldn't do it. These kids just believed in themselves. (The double-bye) is very important for this specific team because of the lack of depth.

Our young inside people just dominated the game. Any time we get four guys in double figures and get 89 points, we usually come out on top.

I thought he just did a lot of sacrificial things that helped us win the game.

I thought it was his best game of the year. I think he's going to be a really special player for us.

I was on him because I didn't think he played a real good game, but I've got to put him in down the stretch because he's Mr. Clutch.

We recruit against Niagara. And I just don't want anybody saying there's any dominance going on with them putting three in a row together against us.

I've paid my dues and I feel like I belong here and I'm ready.

A lot of people thought we were dangerous but nobody thought we could win the whole thing. I could coach for the next 20-30 years and might never go through something like that again. It's an unforgettable team. I will never forget this team. I literally had tears in my eyes in the huddle (Sunday). It was so moving and magical and emotional.

There was so much electricity in the air, and it was so heated to start the game, (the officials) knew if they didn't calm things down, things could explode. That whistle determined a lot.

It was fitting that Jason Wingate was on the line there at the end. That kid has been Mr. Clutch. For him to take us home at the end was fitting.

That's one of the things about our style of play, we try to run it up-tempo. So if we get momentum, we get steals, we get a positive play or a run-out, we can score in a hurry. We can score quickly in bunches.

It was a great win for us. This was monumental, and a national win.

It took 25 years to get here. You can believe I'm not going to take it lightly.

Any time we're scoring in the 60s, that's usually not good for us. Old Dominion is a terrific team and we knew it would be hard to beat them in their own building.

I'm not saying just because we won 10 straight games that we're definitely going to go to the postseason. But let me tell you something: It's a good sign for us.

I had tears in my eyes when Jason (Wingate) closed it out. We have a tradition here where the seniors get up before the last home game and Jason talked about how, when I recruited him, I promised him I would stay here during his career because he and his dad were afraid I'd get hot and leave.

I do think they are one of the top four teams in the league.