Phil Missere Quotations

From the end of the season last year through the summer, that was one of our main goals. We're trying as hard as we can. We're fighting.

From the end of the season last year and during the summer, that was definitely one of our main goals, to make the Big East tournament. We just have to keep coming out with the same passion and energy and play St. John's basketball, which is defense, and the rest will come, hopefully.

Our backs were against the wall. We didn't talk about it or say we have to win this game or we have to do that. Nothing of the sort. We, as players, knew we had to step up and make plays. All of us tried to do that tonight.

We really needed to win this game. But we came out a little flat. We didn't attack like we did at Rutgers. It was here for us to take and we didn't grab it. I'm not going to sleep tonight.

It was a rush. It happened all at once. It was a big deficit and then we were back in the game.

I'm not going to lie, it went through my mind throughout the day.