Chris Gaynor Quotations

When it came up on the TV screen, yes, we were happy to be there, but it was a little disappointing.

Last year, we didn't know what to expect. We were a young group of guys. This year, we've got the confidence to get over that hurdle.

I was kind of stunned by it, kind of down about it. Coach told us it doesn't matter where we're seeded. He said that we have to prove we deserve a better seeding than what we got.

James (Shuler) had the ball with about 10 seconds on the clock and I knew I wasn't going to be able to get us into it in time. Coach Marshall had been saying someone was going to make a dagger.

That's the team that needs to show up every night. We talked about that in the locker room at halftime. We've worked all season for this. It's not time to shut it down, it's time to execute.

We played our hearts out. It was just like last year's game with Gonzaga, except this one hurts even worse because we were this much closer.

We did the little things tonight. Deflections, shot clock violations, those kinds of things. This is the conference tournament championship. This is what we play for.

This type of game hurts. Basically that sums up everything. You play your hearts out, you get ready all season for this type of game. We laid everything on the line ...

We were one play short. We just couldn't finish.

This is a tough one to swallow. You're in the lead the entire game. We were one play short tonight, so that makes it that much tougher to swallow knowing you were just one play short.

That's a long bus ride. And there's not much to eat down here except barbecue. Nothing but pork. I'm ready to get back and rock with our fans.