Ron Lievense Quotations

What he brings is so important to our team. He is doing things that other people can't do.

I was really proud of what he gave us down low.

Certainly, it's great for the school but our focus is to take one day at a time right now. Our focus right now is Queens (University); this is a big week for us.

Certainly going in, there were tremendous question marks. And there still are. There are many things we are not doing well right now that we have to continue to improve upon. That's our main focus.

He had a great game at Mount Olive, and another good one last Saturday. For him to get a third player-of-the week honor is certainly something to be proud of. I am proud of him, especially since the season is not over. I am tremendously excited for him.

What I keep telling my guys is to take it one day at a time and get better.

Our group of men pulled together and found a way to handle their pressure. They picked up their pressure; they were scramble-trapping us and rotating and our guys found a way to handle it with Anthony in foul trouble. I was very proud of the way our guys pulled together in that situation and allowed us to keep the lead.

Overall, it was a good win for us because the ball wasn't falling. We didn't shoot to our capability so it was good to see us shoot well from the free-throw line.

People have looked at our size all season and wonder how we got here and how we won 28 games. We're not going to look good in an airport. One coach called us the best below the rim team he'd ever seen, so I guess we're not all that athletic.

I think he's having an outstanding season. He came back to Barton a lot better basketball player. He had a good year for us last year, but, now, he's having a great year. He's making great strides, and it's showing.

I was really concerned about this game going in because of (Limestone) beating us here last year. That was one of our goals over the year, that Limestone not beat us again at home.

We just weren't moving our feet; our guys were tired, worn out. That's what great teams do, they close the game out.

What is key in this business is what are you going to do tomorrow? I hope we will have grown and will handle success much better.

(Bradley) is a tremendous guard. He's got great range and has the green light. He can flat-out play. He can flat-out get anything done ? penetrate, shoot and drive to the basket.

Being there was some of the best years of my life. Me and my wife had some of the fondest memories during our time there.

The thing that we did well was make the extra pass. I thought we were crisp. We really had great ball movement and penetrated their zone well. We took two steps forward in those areas.

People don't understand what this is like. We played Thursday at Belmont Abbey and got back at 2:30 in the morning. Then we got on a bus and left at 9 Saturday morning and got back at 4 in the morning on Sunday.

Anthony is our motor. He runs the show and when he picks it up, everything rolls.

They were getting countless open jump shots and our pressure was not very good at all. We got crushed on the boards. It all comes down to effort and that's why those are the two things we've built our program on. We didn't give that effort.

They have athletes, they have shooters, they play really smart basketball, they take good shots and they defend hard. I'm really counting on (our) guys to get plenty of rest.

It's a great honor. I am certainly very proud of him and what he has brought to this team. He is rebounding, sharing the ball and hitting foul shots. I am so proud of how he has improved.

It's nice of them to believe in us like that.

It's small and hot. It's a tough place to play. We will have to get everybody's 'A' game.

That group made a nice run. They played hard and played as a team, and a lot of it had to do with Mark. We needed that run to get more space.

Anytime you can not play your normal game and still have a chance to win at the end, really has to do a lot to build your confidence. Certainly I would imagine that our guys' confidence is high right now going into this.

I'm really proud of our team. We played right from the get-go. We got a nice lead and we sustained that lead. We didn't slack off.

I just felt like we didn't play as a team. It was a very disappointing loss. I don't want to take anything away from Limestone because they're a team that can beat anybody in our league on any given night. But certainly it's discouraging to me because we'd hoped we'd go down there and get a victory for Barton College.

But I am very grateful and thankful for how successful we've been. I am proud of some of the young players ? we have so many new, young players on this team.