Quotes by Jacob Burtschi

“Justin Williams leads the nation in blocks for a reason. Hes got a long body and hes quick to get up (to block a shot). Youve got to give him a lot of credit for stopping a lot of our offense.”

“It was shocking to us. He was here for one year, and then all of a sudden he took off. A lot of us had our heads down. Were thinking coaches are looking at us as a team where you get your credentials up and then head off to a high-profile place.”

“Our eyes lit up. Thats a huge person to bring in.”

“He came into our locker room that first time, and everybody was just kind of sitting there. The first thing he did was give us all his cell-phone number. He told us to call him any time, anywhere, no matter what the issue was. It was a little thing, but to me, that helped a lot. It was sort of symbolic. He was trying to gain our trust right there at the beginning.”

“I dont know what he was doing. I was just trying to get back to my bench when I bumped him. He stepped out in front of me.”

“As much as people want to get mad at us, dont look at us. We just went out there and performed.”

“People are going to keep saying stuff, but we know that we belong in the tournament. Were just going to show people that we do.”

“You cant judge off one game. It matters what you do all year. People will keep saying stuff, but we know we belong in the tournament, and were just going to show people.”

“It came out of nowhere. There was not speculation at all. Then we find out Coach is leaving. It was a tough time for all of us.”

“In 40 minutes of ball, you never know what can happen. If we go out there and play like we can, were going to set ourselves up with a chance to win at the end. I think weve proven ourselves and were going to go out there and show everybody.”