Quotes by John Beilein

“Its not about beating the No. 1 team, its about getting better every day. However, we should be confident coming out of this game.”

“They werent going to give us a 3. We should have put it inside, but nobody was there.”

“The last two possessions we did not do what we wanted to do. We were running a certain pattern, and one time we got confused. It just takes one person to get confused, and it throws everybody off. Thats just the way it goes. Well learn something from it. Its hard to do that in that atmosphere.”

“We just couldnt get over the hump. Thats just the way it goes. Well learn something from it.”

“It was painful at times. Ive watched bits and pieces of the whole game several times this week and it was a tremendous basketball game and they just kept coming back.”

“It was a great basketball game and it brought back memories of when we were shooting so well from the outside, a great moment in West Virginia history. I just wish it could have ended up with a win.”

“We learned at Syracuse that we had to attack inside and outside for scoring success. Its rare that you see a game where we shoot twenty-some percent (from 3-point range) and win.”

“Its tough to get in a rhythm in this league. You can go to playing teams who play all zone one day, to teams who play all (man-to-man defense) the next.”

“I thought we had tremendous looks, but we just couldnt knock them down.”

“Im glad he made it. They had their guys in the corners to try to kick it out for the tie.”