Rick Scruggs Quotations

That was really the game. We were four up and hadn't gotten anything the last two possessions. Those rebounds were huge.

We had something different called and T.J. made eye contact with Jennings and it worked. I probably won't run them for it.

We tried to schedule some home games out of conference this season, but no schools were willing to come in here to play with the team we have coming back. Porter Arena is a tough place to play. Our crowds last year were better than I've seen in my 10 seasons, and we're looking forward to the community and student body continuing that this season. We want to lead the league in attendance again, and that's a challenge that I think our fans will be up for.

They shot the ball really well. Thankfully, we were as hot if not hotter.

Tim Smith's a heck of a player. He's probably the top player in our league. Tim Jennings and T.J. McCullough did a good job of staying in front of him up there, and they'll have to do a good job on him again.

We got ourselves in a hole and we just couldn't get out of it. We ran into too good of a team tonight to not be able to play with our legs under us and not be able to play with the emotion we need.

You're going to have to play the best to get out of there anyway. We'll be tested from the first tip-off. We got ourselves into this by being the fourth seed. Now we'll just have to see what we can do about it.

It helps that we were up there a few weeks ago, when it was loud and wild. We were able to control the tempo and get the win. They like to play up there in the 80s and 90s, so if we can keep it in the 60s or 70s, I think we'll have a good chance.

If he hits those kinds of shots, it's hard to get on your kids. There's the thing of not wanting to foul him and make him a 3-point or 4-point threat.

I've never seen these guys panic. We came from 22 down against Lipscomb a couple of weeks ago, so we've been there before. They've just got the heart of a champion.