He's so enthusiastic to play this game after all the things he's been through. He nearly went two years without playing basketball. He's not the same player that he once was, but now, he does it on guts and determination. I'm so proud of him.

In true leadership fashion he kept settling our team down. He's a great player. He doesn't have to just score. He's got to just control our team. He did that.

In order for us to have a chance in this game, Pitt would have had to shoot the ball poorly and they just shot the ball extremely well. We had to spend so much energy trying to fight an uphill battle and get back into the game.

In the first half, we had the best help on defense we've had in a number of games.

I knew eventually he would turns things around.

It's sheer numbers. They're able to attract a type of player that we're not able to attract at Kent State. We're not making any excuses but we're probably not going to be able to get a McDonald's All-American, where they can.

It's great to have that kind of tradition. That's unbelievable. In a lot of places, after four years, guys are gone and never come back, but not here. That's what makes this program special.

It's been a strength of ours all year. We play nine or 10 guys. We have different guys step up. We don't rely on one or two guys. We utilize our bench as much as we can.

They're so good defensively, you have to take good shots, because you're not going to get second ones.

There isn't a kid on that team that doesn't know exactly what's going on with this year's team. It's family.