Larry Krystkowiak Quotations

I can't say I'm excited or happy about the results, but I'm not disappointed that we can quit talking about mid-major polls, about hosting tournaments, winning tiebreakers and crap like that. We can just jump in and start focusing on trying to win the next game. When 14 (games) are over we'll see where we are.

Guys are feeling pretty good, but it's on now. We've got 15 games before any postseason stuff, and there's not one game in that stretch that doesn't mean an awful lot.

Here we are, a good old-fashioned underdog. We just need to stay in the fight.

He's found his niche. Defensively he needs to make some strides, as do the other guys. I'm pretty happy offensively but the way you win championships is with defense.

I think Jordan can be a great spark off the bench. This will give us a little different dynamic. Sharp leads our team in rebounds per minutes (played). And that's got to be a focus for us this weekend.

We haven't seen a shot blocker like that. They had nine blocks in the game and obviously that leads into our somewhat miserable shooting percentage.

We have to have that road mentality, where you're not going to win or lose in a 5-minute stretch. Just ratchet it up and stay disciplined and stay strong and hope at the end of 40 minutes you've made enough plays.

We just didn't seem to have an answer (for Smith).

We gave up 12 offensive rebounds in the first half with Mr. Smith doing his damage inside. We just didn't seem to have an answer.

We haven't been able to find a weakness, and I think it's safe to say most teams that he's run across haven't found a weakness.

Today was the first day that I can remember in a lot of years that I needed a nap.

There shouldn't be anything new for us, and that could open up the door for us.

There's no doubt. They're really good ... they just don't have any weaknesses.

I've never seen an offense so productive that's so packed together. They run a flex offense and the top two guys are at the free throw line, and somehow they manage to just school people. We can't be reacting to those cuts and those screens or it's going to be a long night.

It would be an awesome situation if we could end up playing NAU. But at this point it's not even crossing my mind. It's all about trying to survive (tonight).

A couple of things were shored up. They absolutely dominated us defensively. They were playing hard on that end of the floor. They dictated the tempo.

This isn't a knock against Nevada, but it's a game that we have a better chance of winning than going against the top three seeds. Our league was a lot better this year.

A lot of those C-words aren't real predominant in my thinking right now, whether it's comfortable or confident or whatever. It doesn't seem to be my state of mind. It's that time of year where if you don't bring it you're not going to be playing.

At least from our conference there's not a really big stage for us to play in. This is the goal -- to get here.

It's a sad day in the Big Sky. Mick's an icon there. He's a great guy and I wish him the best. I can't even fathom the commitment that he's given to that institution.

I told our guys at halftime the most important thing is that we fought for 40 minutes. There are no moral victories to being ahead at halftime. I think the experience more than anything from last year helped us through this one.

It's going to be a good old-fashioned alley brawl for 40 minutes. We'll have our hands full.

It's somewhat of a daunting task we have ahead of us.

(The lack of recruiting) is surprising knowing what he has accomplished.

I just want to go at it with a workmanlike approach where everybody's going to put on their old hard hat and dig in for 40 minutes.

I know I wouldn't have wanted anything to do with him, in terms of guarding him. His center of balance is very low. He explodes up, and typically there's contact when he's making his moves. And most of the time ... he didn't move a whole lot when there was contact and we, unfortunately, were the recipient of that blow.

He's really, really good. We need to figure out a way to get him to the next level ? the sooner the better.

I don't really feel like there are mismatches in this league, especially when you're on the road. Weber's got some guys who can really play; they just haven't put it together at the same time.