Riley Wallace Quotes

"You can see how much the energy level rises when you get a win like that. It's amazing how that works."

"We came out of the locker room with a little fire, but it didn't last very long. Kemp hit a couple of shots on us when we were making a run and we dropped our heads."

"I said at the beginning of the year that you could have three or four losses and still win the league. That's looking more realistic now."

"It's a tie for now. I want them to believe that the season's not over and we can continue this thing."

"You want to have competition at every spot. Hopefully the guys you bring in are good enough to push the guys we have coming back."

"I can see him right now walking in with his fishing vest, (cup of ) coffee in his hand and a smile. It won't be the same without him."

"In the future it's going to be very difficult. They're going to have to do a good job of recruiting guys who have the potential. The thing that kills people that's not fair, the No. 1 reason kids leave school is playing time. You can't control that. You get penalized for his decision and not yours."

"I hope that monkey died and doesn't affect anybody else."

"Everything seems to come back when you're at home. The guys have been working hard. You can see they have more energy here."

"We still have to look for them but we have to be more patient, we can't force them. And if you're not hitting those, you'd better establish that inside game."

"I'm happy for his 400th. I just didn't want it to be against me."

"I don't know what you could do different. You got the same game plan, you got the same kids. It's an energy thing they have to do."

"This team works better than other teams we've had in the past as far as improving themselves on the court, and the attitude is always positive. But this team has its own personality, and unfortunately, it's a passive one."

"Even if you're not in the race, you still have to jockey for position in the (WAC) tournament. So they still have a lot to play for. They'll be ready for us."

"We've lost our transition game, we've got to get that back and the fast break. We're working on trying to get out and get down the floor a little bit better and work on our break. We have to find our spots and push it."

"I stayed with them because we were in foul trouble. I went as long as I could with it, and then went back to our big zone."

"I knew we were in trouble then."

"We're going to have to be mentally and physically ready. When you have no depth, the travel can really take its toll."

"You had two freshmen (Hiram Thompson and Dominic Waters) in there together and we weren't able to rest some of the other guys and I think it caught up to us in the second half. I think we lost a little bit of control of the game right there at the end (of the first half)."

"I left him in there too long. I should have gave him a couple minutes rest, but it was such a tight game, I wanted him in there."