Quincy Douby Quotations

I am a leader on this team, and I'm the one taking a lot of the big shots in big games. It was my time to step up and take control.

I'm a lot more than a scorer now. If it's not going down I'm going to find other ways to help the team out.

Whatever happened up there, that had nothing to do with the players, but we feel for him, he's a good guy, a good coach, he taught us a lot. That's a decision the office made, that's not the players' decision. It is hard, but I'm going to make sure it isn't a distraction.

We're not where we want to be, but we have more games to play. These are games we should have won. But if we keep dwelling on it it's going to affect us the next game.

Guys felt bad for him. Guys were sad. He recruited a lot of these guys here. He's a good guy, a good coach and he taught us a lot. But that's the business part of it and you have to accept it.

He's a big addition to the team, and other people needed to step up. It hurt a lot because Kelly Whitney was guarding him, and with Kelly Whitney I can flash to the paint and kick it to him and it's an open three, but with two big guys down I was caught out there just dribbling.

I think St. John's and a few other teams still have a chance, so we have to go down to St. John's (on March 5) and play real hard. They're a real good team. We just have to go down there focused and get this win.

I was thinking attack the rim, get a bucket and to foul a bad free throw shooter and play by possession. I felt I got fouled, it was a good no-call. You can't call a foul in that situation.

That says a lot because there were a lot of great players here. For me to be the first one, that's a big accomplishment.

I wasn't too worried. I knew we had the ability to win because we controlled the game until the last four minutes.

I would not have stayed if Coach Hill didn't come here.

We just want to play basketball. I don't see it as a distraction. I know you (media) guys are looking at it that way.

We just didn't have an answer for them down low on the post. We let them isolate us and we couldn't stop them.

We were just real focused and composed. We were really prepared for this team.

We're not playing harder because he's leaving. We're playing hard because that's what's needed to win.

We're not playing harder because he's leaving and stuff. We're just playing hard because that's what we've got to do for Coach, what he asks of us.

We just don't do good on the road. I have no idea why.

We just ignore it all. Nobody pays attention to it. I don't pay attention to it. I'm just in the gym trying to get the job done.

It was a little frustrating because we didn't lose like that the whole year.

Defensively, they did a good job overplaying my side and putting two guys on my side, trying to get the ball.

They needed me to score. I was in position to score. They called a lot of plays for me, hoping I'd get an open look.

As soon as he let it go, I'm looking to get the rebound and hopefully get fouled. But as soon as I turned around to crash the boards, it went right through the net. That was a tough shot that he hit.

It's an opportunity to test stuff out. I need to hear that I'm definitely a first-round pick. If not, I'm coming back to Rutgers.

It's definitely a mental thing - you have to do the little things. Especially being away, we have to get to the free throw line, control the tempo and do what we've done.

It was kind of funny because I'm not even thinking about none of that. I'm going to come back for my last year and just make the best out of it. After the season, I'll sit down and think about it, but right now we got one more game and hopefully we can make the Big East Tournament, get an NIT bid and keep playing.

I've just been real focused. I came over here real confident and shot the ball well.

It's not a strong chance. I came to get my education and I still have basketball things to get better on. I think I'll be back.

I'm not going to give up. I'm not worried for Coach and I'm not worried for us. We've all still got a chance.

I knew they were going to double me. I just tried to find guys open looks and they knocked down shots.

I knew my points were gonna come because a lot of the games in the season I didn't score until about eight minutes left in the first half. I could score in spurts, so I really didn't let it frustrate me.

I kind of figured he wasn't going to be here because when I looked out my window I thought the whole game was going to be canceled. I knew he had went and I knew he was supposed to fly back so it was going to be hard for him to be here.

I had a real good look and I thought it was good. It just hit the front of the rim and rolled out.

I just trying for the win, but the team needed me to score. I was put into a position to score and get open looks.

I realized what was going on. I needed to get involved. I was taking my shot, but it wasn't falling. My legs were a little tired from chasing those guys around. So I started attacking the basket.

I definitely have to (take over) at that point. I'm the leader of this team. It was time for me to step up.

I definitely feel like we let one get away. I feel we had an opportunity to win all our (Big East) games. We should be 5-0, in my opinion, but we just didn't execute in the final minutes. I felt they did a better job than us at it (executing).

This hurts, but I definitely think we did a lot of good things. We showed our improvement. Last year, we got killed by them, by 33 points. We played them tight tonight, and a lot of guys stepped up. Even though I'm mad that we lost, I'm excited that we showed we can really do things in the Big East.