Jessie Evans Quotations

We started to get a little impatient. And they showed they are a veteran team.

We responded a little better after not doing a good job Saturday night. We didn't hang our head after a mistake.

We know his name, address and telephone number.

We've wanted to do it all year. He just hasn't given us a reason to because he hasn't finished plays.

We were continually changing things up (on defense). It's starting to come together.

Last year was last year. This year, I think Gonzaga is a much improved team. They have better versatility. The challenge this year will be a lot greater.

If this was a football school he'd be a free safety, an outside linebacker. He'll guard a 4 or a 5, he'll help out on big to little screening roles and whenever we want to trap a defender, he's usually the guy we ask to guard him in the half.

If we make three or four of those missed 10 ...

He has size and length. We miss that athleticism and his experience. ... I just didn't measure that. We've made adjustments and I think things are going to start to happen good for us.

We talked all week about needing to shoot about 75 percent on the road.

Just looking at the guy walking around, I thought his potential was limitless if he learned a few things. As they say, even Ray Charles could have seen it.

I thought we played them evenly everywhere except the free throw line. We were not awed by anything.

I thought the game was lost in the first couple minutes. We did not compete the way we've been competing. We've got to come out of the gate intense.

I think it's ridiculous. I've never heard of it in conference play.

Our immediate thoughts are with Terrell's family. Terrell was an outstanding young man with his whole life in front of him. It's so tragic. He came to most of our home games this season and was looking forward to getting his education at USF.

I was thinking about bringing K.C. Jones back.

That would have been huge for the program, beating them again. The place was filled, and we just didn't make a couple of plays late that could have changed the game.

We dug ourselves a tremendous hole we couldn't get out of. Obviously, we caught them in the second half, but we expended a lot of energy doing that.

We dug a hole in the first half and fell behind at intermission. San Diego capitalized on it and I thought that last shot at the end of the first half was a big shot for them because it gave them a little momentum going into the locker room.

We have to live for today. We can't worry about next year.

We need to have more patience. We need better leadership ... especially from our perimeter players.

We allowed him to put the ball on the floor and get to the basket.

We're losing some close ballgames and we're not having the success we'd like to have. When you're doing that, you've got to continue to punch different buttons.

We can't allow a team like that to come in and have their way.

We put ourselves in this predicament and now we have to get ourselves out of it.

We've just got to step up to the free-throw line with confidence. You've got to knock them down, especially during crunch time.

When the game was on the line in the second half, we got loose and felt comfortable.

We just wanted something good to happen. Neither team played great tonight so it was nice to have more points than they did.

The stats don't lie. That's been the case all along. I'm saying things publicly that the other coaches feel. It's unfortunate that officiating gets intimidated a little bit.

It's taken time to get accustomed to each other. We're ascending.

It shows what happens if we play together.

It's unfortunate that officiating gets intimidated a little bit.

They defend you very well anyway. But once you give them confidence they play pretty well.

They were three points better than us tonight.

They've got potentially the best, if not the best, big guy in the conference.

Once Alan got in foul trouble we were in trouble.

I'm not involved, never was and never will be when it comes to tickets.

I'm disappointed about having to start the conference on the road and then finish on the road. The schedule-makers have to get together because that shouldn't happen. Not with the size of the conference and the computers we have to work things out.

I'm really proud of my guys. I thought we showed some character, some composure and came back, but San Diego tonight was just a little bit better.

In league play, we're going to have to double our intensity. We can't just rely on our fan base and playing at Memorial Gym.

I knew we'd have to play for 40 minutes.

I'm saying things publicly that other coaches feel.

He settled for a jump shot then. This time, he got all the way to the basket and found a way to get it up there.

He probably came back in the best condition of any of our guys. He had some success last year and wanted to build on that. He's matured. He likes the offensive stuff we do. And defensively we give him some freedom to show his athletic ability.

You've got to face the problem head on.

The crowds are great and they're well coordinated in their cheers. I think the officials get intimidated a little bit. I'm saying things publicly that the other coaches feel. That's been the case all along. The stats don't lie.

The first thing out of their mouths is Alan Wiggins. They like him because of his size and his athletic ability. They like his versatility.