Gary Waters Deserved Quotations

I thought we grew up and we deserved to win a game. But (Syracuse) feels the same way. That kind of ending had nothing to do with us. That was just fate.

This was a very, very, I want to say entertaining, but more so, hard-fought contest. Both teams fought extremely hard throughout the entire game. We feel we deserved to win, but they feel the same.

I told these guys now they belong. Now we're going to go on the road and get our first Big East (road) victory. We're going to be in the Big East Tournament. I gave them things to feel good about themselves because they deserved it. They played hard.