Brandon Bowman Quotations

We've got big guys on the front line. Me, Jeff and Roy. Jeff and I are athletic and Roy, he's 7-2. So when he gets his hands up, he's eight feet, maybe taller. So that can pose a problem to anyone, if we use it right.

I was feeling it today, doing whatever was necessary to win. We've got a lot of guys who can get it done on any given night, and today it was my turn. I did what I had to do when I got the ball, and we're moving on.

For the seniors, this is our first, last and only opportunity.

I got a couple big offensive rebounds down the stretch that we kind of converted on. So plays like that, a couple tips here and there on defense, things like that ... Coach has been preaching to the team about.

I was in awe. Coach pretty much ripped us at halftime, tearing into us, and we took it to heart. This is the start of Big East season, and you don't want to start 0-1.

That was a good crowd. We're used to crowds like that in the Big East. But it was a good crowd, and they definitely made their feelings known.

We've come so close plenty of times. This one is definitely the greatest feeling.

We were pretty happy about it. We knew things were going to change and head in the right direction.

We feel like we kind of gave one away there. So, yeah, we'll be kind of hyped to see them.

The last 9 minutes of the game seemed like 20 days. Holding onto a lead like that and then knowing it's over ? it means a lot. ... We haven't gotten the big wins throughout our whole careers here, but today things fell our way.

I really want to beat Syracuse. We've never beaten them before, and that would top everything off completely and make us feel good about our last home game.

Their big men are very active shot-blockers who tend to leave their feet, and we used that against them. We went right at that zone inside to control the game.

The last nine minutes of the game seemed like 20 days. Holding onto a lead like that and then knowing it's over - it means a lot. I jumped on the ball, kind of as a sigh of relief.