Quotes by Ritchie McKay

“The way I feel now? Absolutely not.”

“Its not one strike and youre out. You deal with each situation individually.”

“There werent very many times when he had clean looks at the basket.”

“Were playing fairly well. I had good advice last season about (making the NCAA Tournament) and that was not to worry about things you cant control. There is no truth to the rumor that you can politic your way in. My advice to (Fisher) if he asked – and Im sure he wont – is not to look beyond your teams next 40 minutes. If you get distracted in your preparation about all the (NCAA talk), thats when you can stumble.”

“If you are involved with a substance that will alter your decision making, you are going to be put in a compromising position. If you are out at the wrong time of night or in the wrong place, its going to reflect negatively on you.”

“I think Kyle is a good player. If we can help him, we will try to help him.”

“I told our team we should have been up 10 at halftime. We didnt play with enough discipline in the second half. (Heath) just took over. He showed great fortitude and found his rhythm and got it going.”

“Joel had a great first half, but we let it get away from us in the second half. Our discipline and execution (on offense) was poor. We stood around and watched.”

“Typically, I would say that it would make things difficult. But weve continued to play through the adversity.”

“Ive taken criticism from the first day. Its been hard this year, no question. The incident with Kyle shocked us. But were not recruiting with a win-at-all-costs attitude. I think what has happened this year with us is some guys are making decisions without thinking about the team.”