(94 quotes found)
“In terms of what we saw with the Big East, it created some very tough questions for us, specifically the imbalanced scheduling. At the end of this process, we felt the eight teams that were selected were very good teams.”
Craig Littlepage
“We never discuss conference. In fact, until about 2 o'clock [Sunday], when we began the seeding and bracketing process, I wouldn't have been able to tell you how many were from this conference or that conference in the field at that point in time.”
“Our selections really do dispel the myth that (the field) is RPI-driven. I think the results will be shown over the next couple of weeks.”
“It's only a coincidence that they happen to be from one conference. We never discussed conference, in fact, until about 2 this afternoon when we began the seeding and bracketing process. I would not have been able to tell you how many from this conference or that conference were in the field at that point in time.”
“In terms of what we saw in the Big East, it created some very tough questions for us, specifically the imbalanced scheduling. At the end of this process we felt the eight teams that were selected were very good teams.”
“I don't think we look at it in terms of how many teams qualify from one league. We made our selections based on teams, not conferences. And I also I think this selection disproves the myth that (the process is exclusively) RPI driven.”
“Personally, I would be resistant to that and I believe that in listening to my colleagues on the committee, there doesn't seem to be a lot of momentum in that direction. I think that over the last two years there is a certain magic that has evolved over the course of this tournament, and I wouldn't want to fool around with that in the short term in regards to expanding the field in any way.”
“He's one of the best coaches in the country, in my opinion.”
“I'd be a little surprised to learn of any top-level program in the area that didn't highly consider him for a job.”
“Here comes your 19th nervous breakdown.”
