I respect him much more after seeing how gracious he was in the loss. Here are some of my favorite quotes:
Kevin Willard: “We’re 11-2, and we’re still a good basketball team . . . I had a feeling going in we would have some guys who were wide-eyed. This place can do that to you . . . I’m just glad we don’t have to play them twice.”
Willard: “We’re just going to throw this one away. In this conference sometimes you just get blown out. You don’t play well and the other team plays well. This Syracuse team, I think I’d pay to see them.”
On whether Fab Melo got into Pope’s head: “Do you think anybody can get into Herb’s head? If Fab can get into Herb’s head, I’m going to get Fab and bring him on the bus and he can be with me the rest of the year . . . (Herb) went in strong, got that sent home a couple of times and that was the end of that.”
Willard on shaking it off: “We have to. We play West Virginia. Our conference loves us so much they decided to play us Wednesday-Friday-Tuesday against the three toughest teams.”
Kevin Willard: “We’re 11-2, and we’re still a good basketball team . . . I had a feeling going in we would have some guys who were wide-eyed. This place can do that to you . . . I’m just glad we don’t have to play them twice.”
Willard: “We’re just going to throw this one away. In this conference sometimes you just get blown out. You don’t play well and the other team plays well. This Syracuse team, I think I’d pay to see them.”
On whether Fab Melo got into Pope’s head: “Do you think anybody can get into Herb’s head? If Fab can get into Herb’s head, I’m going to get Fab and bring him on the bus and he can be with me the rest of the year . . . (Herb) went in strong, got that sent home a couple of times and that was the end of that.”
Willard on shaking it off: “We have to. We play West Virginia. Our conference loves us so much they decided to play us Wednesday-Friday-Tuesday against the three toughest teams.”
