Tony Harper Quotations

We're going to play the same way we've been playing all year.

He's easily one of the top two players who have played here, if not the best. Not just because of athletic skill but what he brings to the game. He's a hard worker every day. He goes home late, does it in the classroom. He's kind of a throwback to the 1960s, when most all kids were like that. He reminds me a lot of how I used to approach the game.

Kids are kids and you never know what they're gonna do. They may have been a little leg-weary, and a little mentally drained. It could be a number of reasons. But I really like this group. They're smart kids. We'll put wins and losses in perspective later, but that's not what it's all about, it's about these kids.

Kids are kids, and you never know what they are going to do. I think they might have been a little leg weary, a little mentally drained -- you could pick a lot of reasons. But give them (Wildcats) credit. They caused them, and they have a nice club.

Our biggest challenge will be their quickness. We're going to try to play in the half-court. Number one, we have to make baskets. Number two, we'll need to limit turnovers and, number three, we have to defend and keep them in front of us.

What it means is that I've been doing this a long time.

We gave a great effort (Friday). I don't think we played exceptionally well on offense, but I think defensively we really competed.

Roman was amazing -- free-throw line, inside points. I told him, 'You're going back inside. To heck with this outside stuff,' and it worked for us.

An ugly game, slow game, favors us, I think. That's the way we play. It gives our players a chance to do the things we work on.

They're an excellent team and they play the game the right way. It's like this every time we play.

I'm really surprised we're undefeated. Not because of the way we've played, but because it's hard to get to this point without losing a game.

I had no complaints, but I did complain more about the offensive end than the defensive end.

He's supposed to do that. He's supposed to step up from the beginning of the game until the end. Good players are supposed to play good all the time.

Their biggest strength is their full-court defense. They're very athletic, and they like to get a lot of transition points. They're also a very well-coached, and they run their plays.