Mike Nardi Quotations

We're ready to go and we're prepared for the NCAA Tournament.

Whenever you beat a team once and you have a second game against them, they're coming in even more fired up. They're going to come out intense, and that's how they play.

Those guys do a good job on our attitude chart. They do the little things.

We were so worried about Allan and getting back to the hotel and making sure he was OK. Then we spoke about it as a team. I don't think our confidence went down. We were just disappointed we did not play Villanova basketball for 40 minutes.

We are players, basketball players and we do a lot of things.

We're enjoying it with the fans and the public. As long as we're the best team we can be at the end of the season, then we've accomplished our goal. We're not even worried about where people project us to be.

With a guy like that, you can't let him touch the ball. If he hits one, he might hit two or three or four.

To be honest, I wasn't even thinking about that, but I did watch the tape of that game. What it helped me to do is know where I was going to get my shots against their zone so I was prepared for it when I got the ball.

They're very strong, and very physical. But we felt like we could match that. We felt like we could be physical with them.

You can't ask for anything more than playing in your hometown on your home floor. I think it's definitely an advantage for us because we're so familiar with it.