Joe DeSantis Quotations

We stuck with what we do and we made plays. These kids deserve credit. Craig made the big shot and we made enough free throws down the stretch.

Guys like Winchester, Benson and Job (Casimir) when they?re pushing the ball they give us energy. Victor is one of those guys because he can get a steal in the post, block a shot, get a rebound, he gives us energy on defense.

John is the kind of player who can give us something positive or something negative. Tonight he gave something very positive.

Job shows us every day in practice that he can make his free throws. He's a freshman but we have confidence in him when he goes to the line.

I think we deserve to be in. I think we're as good as anybody in the tournament.

We don?t seem to be doing a good job of finishing halves strong. That falls on my shoulders.

We gave them a good battle for 17 minutes. I promised my team that when I watch the tape tomorrow I won't look at the scoreboard. I'll look at how we played. We played hard. They made one of those phenomenal runs on us and the show was over.

We gave them a good battle for 17 minutes. I just think (Connecticut) is so good, so well-coached. They just made one of those phenomenal runs on us and the show was over.

Too big and too strong at every position. It becomes a case of, how do you want to play them? They made one of those phenomenal runs on us and the show was over.

Reality is always good. Kids want to hear it?s new. They know the floor?s going to be nice, the locker rooms are going to be nice. That helps.

They're tough to guard. That's why that team is a good team. They have guards who post up and big men who step out. They run a lot of good stuff.

They made it difficult to run our offense. We could never really get our offense going. I need to do a better job of getting these guys to be a little more disciplined. I want them to continue to play loose, but I don?t want them to settle for the first shot.

There's all kinds of research that shows this is a different generation of people coming to work for us. Companies that can demonstrate to their employees that they have genuine concern for an employee's ability to give 100 percent to the job and still have a life is very critical.

I told John to be a sparkplug, come off the bench and give us a boost.

Their guards are very good. Our transition defense was poor.

I never mentioned any teams below us when I talked about the tournament. We could have gotten a sixth seed. That?s all we were focused on. I think we deserve to be in.

He's familiar with our league. He's one of those players, a go-to guy, who can make big shots outside, on the drive or on pull-ups.

For the first 17 minutes, we played probably the best basketball that we've played since I've been here. They're just too good. They made a run, we couldn't stop them.