Brad Holland Team Quotations

We are not a very good ball team right now. I am concerned about some things that happened during the game that need to be corrected. Like I told the team, you are never as bad as you are and are never as good as you think you are. This was certainly a wake-up call.

Missouri is a very well coached team and deserving of their ranking. They have an experienced team, returning many of their top lettermen from last season. In 2005, they were one catch away from a Super Regional, so this weekend will be a great test for our guys.

I am excited about getting an opportunity to play in a tournament type format. Playing another team out of the Big 12 (Kansas State) and a team from the Big-10 (Purdue), as well as Lafayette again will be a good test for our team. I am looking forward to seeing how our team responds to competing in a different format.

I'm all for trying to create more student and community interest. The team and staff were up on the main campus today promoting it. It would be great if we could get 1,000 or more people there.

Our kids played a whale of a game against the No. 6 team in the nation, and I told them that. But to close out a team like that you've got to finish every play, and we didn't finish on that rebound. It came too far out and to their advantage. It's the bounce of the ball sometimes.

Our team at the end of the day dug out just enough stops and boards to stop San Francisco.

I think this team is going to be more offensive oriented then we have been. Another of the things that I like is our depth at each position, but right now, we have to work on getting our pitching staff in place and come to the conclusion of who that will include.

Saint Mary's spoiled Senior Night last year when they had a fantastic team. This year, they're a team that is certainly playing better than they were the first part of the conference season.

They're a better team than they were when we played them up there. They've been on a roll.

I couldn't be more proud of our team and how we competed in this tournament. We did everything tonight except win the game.