Dave Loos Quotations

When we don't make it to Nashville we feel like we missed the mark. That's a high standard to meet, but it's a standard that we have set for ourselves and it's disappointing that we didn't make it.

I would have thought you would have lost your mind or have gone over the edge. The pleasing thing about this is we got some guys off the bench, which will be big for us as we hopefully progress here.

For us there is 16 conference games to go and yet, boy, these games this weekend seem really important because they are home games. It's kind of early to call them must-win, but they are really important games.

He is almost shooting 51 percent (from the 3-point line). I don't think you should be allowed to shoot better from 3 than you do from the field ? and he does.

He's a good player and he will work his way through it.

He seems to have really found his groove and he's shooting the ball with a lot of confidence right now. That's real big for a shooter to have that confidence, and he's seemed to found it again.

He was the center, no pun intended, of our attack. Our system was focused on playing inside-out. I think when we were playing the best, we were playing off of him.

I thought we were going to win. ... We made some mistakes but we played awfully hard.

I think the big thing about Chuck is he has done this all behind the scenes with very little fanfare. Yet all of these athletes could not have achieved any of their goals without him and the people that work for him.

I think we just need to go and play as hard as we can, as smart as we can and see what washes out after the weekend. I don't think there is a lot of sense in worrying about 'what if' this, or 'what if' that. I think we just need to go out there and play the best we can (today) and play the best we can Saturday and see where that leads us.

I thought our defense was good tonight. I was really happy with that.

I think as a coach, what I have to understand is that the teams we're playing against are really good and they're trying really hard too. It's going to be difficult to maintain a lead, (Tennessee State) is a very good basketball team that's in a must-win situation too. These last games are all going to be very difficult. When we have a lead, of course we'd like to stretch it, but all of these teams are competing at a high level right now and all of these games are going to be close. We're just happy to hold on and win whenever we can.

I think he (Hampton) has to work his way through it in his own mind. He's going to continue to keep shooting and that's what will help this team, and that's what we want him to do. Hopefully he'll get off to a good start here soon and he'll be shooting better.

That was kind of our focus (Saturday night), to find a way to get a win on the road. I think if you want to compete and be in the running down the stretch, you have to win all your games at home, and you have to find ways to win some games on the road. We hadn't won on the road, so that was a big win.

We owe our seniors a great deal of gratitude. They have done a great job for us and I hope that people turn out to acknowledge the careers they have had.

We just weren't able to win enough games on the road to get to the 20-win mark to move ourselves up in the (OVC) standings where we hoped to be. On the other hand we did some very positive things, and I think our young people at times played in a manner that is really encouraging as it relates to the future.

A stat that is really pleasing to me is 23 assists. That means that we are really passing the basketball and finding the open man.

Andy really did a terrific job of bringing the team along and bringing them together. I'm proud of the job he did.

They shoot it so well. It seems like every guy is shooting it 40 to 45 percent from 3. I mean, it's ridiculous.

It's a result of a hit or a blow he took in the East Tennessee State game. ... When he was examined, the physician thought it best to sit out a while and let this antibiotic really start to do its job, and it appears like it is improving.

It remains to be seen how many people go down the stretch, but Tech will be one of them certainly. They're very talented, athletic and deep. Obviously, they're playing well right now.

It's hard to play any better than we did at the beginning of the game. The down side of that is you can't sustain that for 40 minutes ... you just can't. But we got off to a great start and overall played a good basketball game.

I really like the way they both are competing. I think they are both playing hard, and that's a big compliment to both of them. They make a mistake now and then, but they're learning as freshmen and I'm really impressed by the way they continue to compete and play hard.

I really became comfortable with (Wright) as our point guard this year. I think he did a much better job this year of really running our team, getting people involved and understanding the tempo ? and he shot the ball better.

Because of my dual role (as men's head coach and athletic director), I've been away from campus. I'm going to get with Andy as soon as I get back and will firm his situation up.

These guys won 17 games; that's no small feat especially as inexperienced as they were. It was an accomplishment and yet we had some disappointment. But I am excited about the future. I think we have a good basketball team brewing. I really do.