Quotes by Pat Kennedy

“Its always a nice day out when you come here.”

“I think Tim was a little tentative in the beginning. He had two open looks in the first half and if we were at home he would normally let them fly. I will say this, Syracuse is a lot bigger than they show on tape.”

“Timmy has played a lot of point guard for us this year and he can play the two (guard). This was a great learning experience for him. He has made a lot of progress. There is just so much to learn coming from high school to college.”

“Im going to work with the people here and see if we can get back here for some more games. Our kids arent used to something like this.”

“We knew Delaware would be desperate. They were struggling, and when youre struggling, teams are scary like that.”

“When Gary Neal first contacted us, I told him Id never take an athlete under those circumstances. Hes totally on his own, and we left it up to him. He enrolled The provision was that hed have to pay his own way for one semester, and hes done a great job.”

“Its been very important for him. It was a very difficult time in his life. I think he and his family handled everything extremely well. I believe the university handled everything extremely well, and hes truly looking to the future. We are very proud of him. Hes done an excellent job academically. Hes been a very good teammate, and so moving forward is a very positive phase in his life right now.”

“Their big [men] did a great job.”

“Theyve got such great balance on that team. Theyve got big guards, just like he [Capel] was [as player for Duke]. Theyre good off the dribble and they can shoot the basketball. For us, theyre tough to guard.”

“Theyre clearly the best team in our conference right now. They have taken the throne, in my opinion, from [defending champion Old Dominion]. They just have such great balance. Theyve got shooters, theyve got quickness, theyve got strength inside.”