Jim Boeheim Err Quotations

When Connecticut caught us, and they caught us a lot, we kept going. Gerry wouldn't let it get away. He was playing on half a leg today. He's got more guts than anybody I've ever coached.

Gerry wouldn't let it get away. He was playing on about half-a-leg today. He amazes me every time I see him play. He's got more guts than anybody I've ever coached.

Gerry went out, we were down five. He never came back. When you lose your best player without any practice time or anything, that's a huge mountain to overcome.

Gerry was able to get in the lane and the big guys reacted better, I think, than they have. They got open a little bit better.

Gerry has a pretty badly bruised thigh, but I think the rest will be good and he'll be able to come back next week.

Gerry had as good a four games here as anybody I've ever seen. He just wanted to win.

If you watched the game, you knew why he wasn't in the game. Gerry could not make plays tonight. If anything, I played him too much.

For Josh Wright, who hadn't played, to make all four, and we needed all four, that's a lot of guts. I'm not sure Gerry would have, as tired as he was.

Is he the best player in the league? No, he's not. But he's the most important player on any team in the league. When Allan Ray is hurt, Villanova wins. If one or two guys from Connecticut have bad games, they still win. If Gerry doesn't play for us, we can't be in the game.

If Gerry played at Notre Dame he'd probably average 25 a game for four years because that's what he gets when he comes here.

We made a couple bad mistakes at the end of the game. And fortunately Gerry corrected them.

Without Gerry McNamara, we wouldn't have won 10 games this year.

He couldn't play those last two games. I had to take him out. He played like himself in the first half and we needed that. Our offense has been terrible and we need him to get it going and we did today for the first time in a while.

This team showed more heart and guts than any team I've ever coached. And Gerry had as good a four days as anyone I've ever seen.

I think the thing fans admire and I admire is the way Gerry plays hard all the time. He knows no other speed than full speed. When he makes a mistake, it's an effort-mistake. Most guys make mistakes because they don't give enough effort. That's never been the case with Gerry.

I think they're a very good defensive team. If you watched the game, you know why he wasn't in the game. Gerry could not make plays.

This was a heck of a comeback from that kind of deficit against a team that controls the game. You just can't give anybody that kind of lead and expect to come back, but we just keep plugging away and as long as we get Gerry some looks he's going to make his share.

These guys wouldn't let it get away. Gerry wouldn't let it get away. He amazes me. He's got more guts that anyone I've ever coached.

These guys have grown, stepped it up and grown up. That should help us a lot this next week. Gerry made the big plays, but these other guys stepped it up. I think that's why we're going forward, and it's given us a little better opportunity now.

I had to laugh when our student newspaper called him overrated. Without Gerry McNamara, we wouldn't have won 10 games this year. The other guys just aren't ready. They needed him. We wouldn't even have a chance to play this game without him.

When Gerry got the ball coming down, I set something up. I told him (to) drive and give it to one of three guys at the end of regulation. He looked at me and said, 'Can I shoot it?' I said, 'They're not going to let you shoot it. But if they do, shoot it. As soon as he released it, there was never a doubt that ball was nothing but net.

When Gerry gets going like that, it's disheartening. He can pull up and make it from anywhere inside the half court.

They're just too strong for us right now, ... Pittsburgh is a veteran team. I thought they were underrated all along.

We relied on Hakim (Warrick) and Gerry a little bit too much last year.

We just weren't active enough in it. We're capable of getting out and playing. We just didn't. We were just absolutely terrible defensively.