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BILLY PATE It has been a very good rivalry, but it seems to be a pretty special rivalry right now because both ...
DAVE LEITAO I cannot remember a time when two teams in the same program were ranked in the Valley. I've never he...
JOE FILOTEO Our team loves the pressure. Going against all these ranked teams is better than going against teams...
ASHLEY KELLY Carroll has got to be one of the strongest teams in the Corpus Christi area this year. If they're no...
TONY PADILLA That would be great for the town and both programs. Both teams have a lot of hard work, but any post...
IAN MCINTYRE That would be great for the town and both programs, ... Both teams have a lot of hard work, but any ...
IAN MCINTYRE You have two ranked teams and I think this is the second-biggest stadium in the country,
BARRY ALVAREZ The tournament in Puerto Rico in late February has 18 teams, 12 of which are ranked in the top 25 in...
DEVON BROUSE It will be a preview for the upcoming year because we will be facing some of these ranked teams duri...
CORY HUBBARD I feel confident we're going to make it into the [NCAA] tournament. I see they're talking about team...
JAMAR NUTTER We had a really good day. We beat two AAA teams and just lost to Grundy, who is ranked second in the...
DON SHULER We're disappointed. You always want to be ranked. Every match we've lost has been to a good team. We...
BILL RICHARDS It's a chance to make an impression on the NCAA selection committee. We've got two quality teams (Ka...
CHRIS COPELAND This one's huge. Our confidence just keeps building and building. We beat two great teams that are r...
GUILLERMO DIAZ With both the men's and the women's teams, we put our eggs in the NCAA Tournament basket first.
BILL ROWE And I know how other teams view rankings. When you're ranked above them and they think they should b...
JIM MOORE And it's not a case where those losses are quickly forgotten by the (NCAA Tournament) selection comm...
LUTE OLSON We wanted to prove a point, that we can compete with nationally ranked teams.
CHRISTINA NZEKWE We're really maturing as a team, we know how good we can be. When it comes to ranked teams, (we) nee...
STEVE NOVAK I don?t think it takes away from the luster of the conference. It?s great when you have a ranked tea...
TOM YEAGER We beat the 10th-ranked team in the country in Minnesota State-Moorhead. They had three ranked guys,...
DAVE SCHUTTER It would be so awesome. We've never been ranked, and we're so close to it.
CONNIE NEAL This is huge for us. It's like I always tell them: If you want to be state ranked, then you gotta be...
ANDREW HOPMAN It was a lot of fun. There were a number of top ranked teams there.
BRENNAN BROWN I looked at it as a statement. They were ranked pretty high and they beat Maryland. I look at it lik...
CEDRIC SIMMONS The (selection) committee power ranks the teams, so if you play competitively against teams that are...
CHAD KUHN Peoria, Connecticut, Atlanta, ... I've got the Big East tournament on Thursday, the ACC on Friday, t...
BERNIE BICKERSTAFF I think being undefeated is quite an accomplishment. We have raced 11 of the top-20 ranked teams so ...
ERIN CAFARO I think he's a great player. I can't speak for Brad, but I think if it would be me, it'd be motivati...
BRAD JOHNSON I feel that we are up there with all of the top four ranked teams.
BREANA ALLISON This is an outstanding tournament. You will see a lot of teams you read about and don't see. Of the ...
BOB DIEZ Today, we are two different teams. I think these two teams will go their own way.
YULIA TYMOSHENKO I think certainly the pressure's on Wisconsin. They've been highly ranked all year. They're expected...
JAMIE RUSSELL It means so much to our program at Hartford, not just to get a win in the NCAA Tournament, but to ge...
JENNIFER RIZZOTTI We have played three straight NCAA Tournament teams in fairly hostile environments.
BO RYAN I thought both teams played real hard. We knew it would be competitive coming in and, you know, when...
JOE FAVERO We're back on the winning track. We lost four in a row there, and a couple of them were tight games ...
DON SHAW We played in Maui and beat Kansas, lost to Michigan State in overtime and lost to Connecticut. That'...
LUTE OLSON It was a little bit apparent they had probably been playing against mostly country teams - not to be...
KATIE MIHALCO Sixty-four teams start [NCAA tournament] and they're whittled down to just one. Kind of reminds me o...
BILL RICHARDSON Our teams have been deserving of this opportunity. It is rewarding and a chance to get a victory in ...
JAMIE BEAUDOIN So only two other slots are available in November and with seven teams it's going to be a dogfight. ...
BIS BISBEE I think the conference is as strong, if not stronger, than last year. Could an argument [for five NC...
MARK TRAKH A couple wins would be a disappointment. I want to make it to the national finals, All-American at l...
JOSH WOOTON We are very excited for our teams that have been invited to the NCAA Championship, but we are disapp...
MIKE TRANGHESE You hope a team gets some separation, and obviously, we hope it?s us. We need two or three or four t...
BLAINE TAYLOR The teams were very evenly matched. Both teams deserved to win today.
DAN KUMETAT This should be a great game. Two great teams, two great sets of supporters ... it's a pity we're pla...
FERNANDO COUTO We wanted to grab some quality teams for this tournament. All the teams look to be pretty evenly mat...
JONATHAN ANDERSON Not too many teams get a chance to play against a state-ranked team that has only one loss. We look ...
WENDELL JEFFRIES What our athletic teams accomplished this fall is nothing short of incredible. For Santa Clara to be...
DAN COONAN You always know they are going to be tough and you have to do the little things. It's fun to play th...
HENRIK ZETTERBERG It certainly would be a much different workshop if we hadn't met class size today.
HEATHER MARTIN I have no idea what the (selection) committee thinks. I just know a lot of good teams are out there.
CYNDI VALENTIN We've been going through things a Missouri team hasn't been through in a while. We upset the defendi...
CINDY STEIN We should be ranked in the state for the first time ever this year.
JOE KONRAD That was probably the first time I've been totally impressed, 100 percent. We wrestled the toughest ...
ADAM ALIREZ I think fans should expect to see a great game. We are two great teams and we both want to win so it...
CAROL SIMS The invitational was very competitive, as it usually is. This tournament had some of the best teams ...
MILES AVERY Its amazing. How many teams can say they have to play every game like its their last? Because pretty...
ALAN ANDERSON We thought this tournament would be a lot tougher. We probably should have stayed local, teams are a...
ERIC OSMER I would put this team on a level with those Oregon City teams (of the 1990s) that were ranked No. 1 ...
DAVID HEARD In my opinion, the two strongest tournaments in the state are Central York and State College. Eleven...
DENNIS DAMP Right now we're ranked sixth, but we're really focusing on this Colorado tournament. This is what is...
BROOKE JULICHER Our kids are aware of where these teams are ranked. But I think this team will show up and play. The...
DARON SCHOENROCK To some extent, granted they weren't in the A-10, but they had earned an opportunity to be ranked th...
BRIAN THORNTON In the [NCAA] tournament every year, we've been the underdog and we came in and played [teams] tough...
BEN JACOBSON It's definitely special. Beating a ranked team, also a team that's been dominant in the Pac-10, woul...
JOY HOLLINGSWORTH It will be nice to play on a consistent surface in warm weather, as opposed to here. We are going to...
LESLEY SHEEHAN![]()
There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the lat...
ULYSSES S. GRANT![]()
You mean in the state?
(when asked if he felt his team should be ranked in the Top Twenty this seas...
ABE LEMONS We seem to be finding our niche a little bit. If the special teams on both sides keep going, hopeful...
STEPHEN WEISS It should be a spectacle. Both teams have plenty to play for and are positive in their approach.
DAVID NUCIFORA Coming off of four Pac-10 duals in two days, going 2-2 with a national qualifier and two nationally ...
LENNIE ZALESKY We're coming up against teams that should be better competition for us. They're the types of teams w...
LAUREN DUBOIS![]()
Though they're ranked No. 1, I still think they're underrated. Texas may be one of the best football...
DAN DEVINE My expectation will be -- has been every year -- it will always be to get into the NCAA tournament, ...
CHERYL BURNETT We weren't ranked and have had some ups and downs playing the other teams. But for our first year we...
JASON ROSS All teams that are here are good teams. Cuba is also a good team, and we deserved to win today. Tomo...
YADEL MARTI We've played some teams in the past couple weeks that really like to slow the tempo. While they've d...
LARRY EBERST Pitt was ranked [No. 11] nationally [by Scout.com]. They had five players out of the top 100. None o...
BOB LICHTENFELS We weren't ranked in the top five at the beginning of the year, and to be honest, I wouldn't have ra...
BRYAN SABATO I saw two very determined teams. Both teams played excellent basketball.
JACKIE DINARDO We have a lot of respect for Florida. They are one of the top teams in the country. In fact, they we...
BILLY CHADWICK I know we're out in the suburbs and there are a lot of ... good teams in Cincinnati, but I don't kno...
GARY POPOVICH There are more good football teams today, I think, than there has ever been. It's much more signific...
ARA PARSEGHIAN In the State Tournament there are only two teams from Louisville, but you consider (the LIT) has all...
TERRY BUCKLES We invite good teams to the tournament. That's why we call it the Tournament of Champions. We feel t...
DIANE DAVEY A worldwide alert has been sent to all national teams for natural disaster coordination and evaluati...
ELISABETH BYRS I don' know much because it was kind of a last-minute thing. They should be highly ranked players in...
AMY JENSEN We've had to truly earn our bids. Since the PAC doesn't have an automatic bid, we've had to get ther...
AARON HUFFMAN Of course 2-2 would be a good result for both teams,
FREDDIE LJUNGBERG I've got to give credit to coach (Jim) Cole and the West Central Heat. It's tough to be a first-year...
ZACH KEENE The ballot did two things. One was to indicate teams that you thought ought to be considered - 1 to ...
CHARLES HARRIS It was just two good football teams refusing to lose the game, ... Neither team was going to quit, a...
CHAD LEWIS We didn't want to be back in the NIT, and I think we proved to everybody that we should have been in...
LISA BLUDER Why would I get a wild card into an American tournament, (as the) top-ranked American? Why would tha...
ANDY RODDICK I would imagine all the teams in (the) tournament are coming down to get their first games in and co...
CARL TEBON We've had their number the last two years, but you have different players on both teams. We'll have ...
AL GUTHMAN
BILLY PATE It has been a very good rivalry, but it seems to be a pretty special rivalry right now because both ...
DAVE LEITAO I cannot remember a time when two teams in the same program were ranked in the Valley. I've never he...
JOE FILOTEO Our team loves the pressure. Going against all these ranked teams is better than going against teams...
ASHLEY KELLY Carroll has got to be one of the strongest teams in the Corpus Christi area this year. If they're no...
TONY PADILLA That would be great for the town and both programs. Both teams have a lot of hard work, but any post...
IAN MCINTYRE That would be great for the town and both programs, ... Both teams have a lot of hard work, but any ...
IAN MCINTYRE You have two ranked teams and I think this is the second-biggest stadium in the country,
BARRY ALVAREZ The tournament in Puerto Rico in late February has 18 teams, 12 of which are ranked in the top 25 in...
DEVON BROUSE It will be a preview for the upcoming year because we will be facing some of these ranked teams duri...
CORY HUBBARD I feel confident we're going to make it into the [NCAA] tournament. I see they're talking about team...
JAMAR NUTTER We had a really good day. We beat two AAA teams and just lost to Grundy, who is ranked second in the...
DON SHULER We're disappointed. You always want to be ranked. Every match we've lost has been to a good team. We...
BILL RICHARDS It's a chance to make an impression on the NCAA selection committee. We've got two quality teams (Ka...
CHRIS COPELAND This one's huge. Our confidence just keeps building and building. We beat two great teams that are r...
GUILLERMO DIAZ With both the men's and the women's teams, we put our eggs in the NCAA Tournament basket first.
BILL ROWE And I know how other teams view rankings. When you're ranked above them and they think they should b...
JIM MOORE And it's not a case where those losses are quickly forgotten by the (NCAA Tournament) selection comm...
LUTE OLSON We wanted to prove a point, that we can compete with nationally ranked teams.
CHRISTINA NZEKWE We're really maturing as a team, we know how good we can be. When it comes to ranked teams, (we) nee...
STEVE NOVAK I don?t think it takes away from the luster of the conference. It?s great when you have a ranked tea...
TOM YEAGER We beat the 10th-ranked team in the country in Minnesota State-Moorhead. They had three ranked guys,...
DAVE SCHUTTER It would be so awesome. We've never been ranked, and we're so close to it.
CONNIE NEAL This is huge for us. It's like I always tell them: If you want to be state ranked, then you gotta be...
ANDREW HOPMAN It was a lot of fun. There were a number of top ranked teams there.
BRENNAN BROWN I looked at it as a statement. They were ranked pretty high and they beat Maryland. I look at it lik...
CEDRIC SIMMONS The (selection) committee power ranks the teams, so if you play competitively against teams that are...
CHAD KUHN Peoria, Connecticut, Atlanta, ... I've got the Big East tournament on Thursday, the ACC on Friday, t...
BERNIE BICKERSTAFF I think being undefeated is quite an accomplishment. We have raced 11 of the top-20 ranked teams so ...
ERIN CAFARO I think he's a great player. I can't speak for Brad, but I think if it would be me, it'd be motivati...
BRAD JOHNSON I feel that we are up there with all of the top four ranked teams.
BREANA ALLISON This is an outstanding tournament. You will see a lot of teams you read about and don't see. Of the ...
BOB DIEZ Today, we are two different teams. I think these two teams will go their own way.
YULIA TYMOSHENKO I think certainly the pressure's on Wisconsin. They've been highly ranked all year. They're expected...
JAMIE RUSSELL It means so much to our program at Hartford, not just to get a win in the NCAA Tournament, but to ge...
JENNIFER RIZZOTTI We have played three straight NCAA Tournament teams in fairly hostile environments.
BO RYAN I thought both teams played real hard. We knew it would be competitive coming in and, you know, when...
JOE FAVERO We're back on the winning track. We lost four in a row there, and a couple of them were tight games ...
DON SHAW We played in Maui and beat Kansas, lost to Michigan State in overtime and lost to Connecticut. That'...
LUTE OLSON It was a little bit apparent they had probably been playing against mostly country teams - not to be...
KATIE MIHALCO Sixty-four teams start [NCAA tournament] and they're whittled down to just one. Kind of reminds me o...
BILL RICHARDSON Our teams have been deserving of this opportunity. It is rewarding and a chance to get a victory in ...
JAMIE BEAUDOIN So only two other slots are available in November and with seven teams it's going to be a dogfight. ...
BIS BISBEE I think the conference is as strong, if not stronger, than last year. Could an argument [for five NC...
MARK TRAKH A couple wins would be a disappointment. I want to make it to the national finals, All-American at l...
JOSH WOOTON We are very excited for our teams that have been invited to the NCAA Championship, but we are disapp...
MIKE TRANGHESE You hope a team gets some separation, and obviously, we hope it?s us. We need two or three or four t...
BLAINE TAYLOR The teams were very evenly matched. Both teams deserved to win today.
DAN KUMETAT This should be a great game. Two great teams, two great sets of supporters ... it's a pity we're pla...
FERNANDO COUTO We wanted to grab some quality teams for this tournament. All the teams look to be pretty evenly mat...
JONATHAN ANDERSON Not too many teams get a chance to play against a state-ranked team that has only one loss. We look ...
WENDELL JEFFRIES What our athletic teams accomplished this fall is nothing short of incredible. For Santa Clara to be...
DAN COONAN You always know they are going to be tough and you have to do the little things. It's fun to play th...
HENRIK ZETTERBERG It certainly would be a much different workshop if we hadn't met class size today.
HEATHER MARTIN I have no idea what the (selection) committee thinks. I just know a lot of good teams are out there.
CYNDI VALENTIN We've been going through things a Missouri team hasn't been through in a while. We upset the defendi...
CINDY STEIN We should be ranked in the state for the first time ever this year.
JOE KONRAD That was probably the first time I've been totally impressed, 100 percent. We wrestled the toughest ...
ADAM ALIREZ I think fans should expect to see a great game. We are two great teams and we both want to win so it...
CAROL SIMS The invitational was very competitive, as it usually is. This tournament had some of the best teams ...
MILES AVERY Its amazing. How many teams can say they have to play every game like its their last? Because pretty...
ALAN ANDERSON We thought this tournament would be a lot tougher. We probably should have stayed local, teams are a...
ERIC OSMER I would put this team on a level with those Oregon City teams (of the 1990s) that were ranked No. 1 ...
DAVID HEARD In my opinion, the two strongest tournaments in the state are Central York and State College. Eleven...
DENNIS DAMP Right now we're ranked sixth, but we're really focusing on this Colorado tournament. This is what is...
BROOKE JULICHER Our kids are aware of where these teams are ranked. But I think this team will show up and play. The...
DARON SCHOENROCK To some extent, granted they weren't in the A-10, but they had earned an opportunity to be ranked th...
BRIAN THORNTON In the [NCAA] tournament every year, we've been the underdog and we came in and played [teams] tough...
BEN JACOBSON It's definitely special. Beating a ranked team, also a team that's been dominant in the Pac-10, woul...
JOY HOLLINGSWORTH It will be nice to play on a consistent surface in warm weather, as opposed to here. We are going to...
LESLEY SHEEHAN
There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the lat... ULYSSES S. GRANT
You mean in the state?
(when asked if he felt his team should be ranked in the Top Twenty this seas... ABE LEMONS We seem to be finding our niche a little bit. If the special teams on both sides keep going, hopeful...
STEPHEN WEISS It should be a spectacle. Both teams have plenty to play for and are positive in their approach.
DAVID NUCIFORA Coming off of four Pac-10 duals in two days, going 2-2 with a national qualifier and two nationally ...
LENNIE ZALESKY We're coming up against teams that should be better competition for us. They're the types of teams w...
LAUREN DUBOIS
Though they're ranked No. 1, I still think they're underrated. Texas may be one of the best football... DAN DEVINE My expectation will be -- has been every year -- it will always be to get into the NCAA tournament, ...
CHERYL BURNETT We weren't ranked and have had some ups and downs playing the other teams. But for our first year we...
JASON ROSS All teams that are here are good teams. Cuba is also a good team, and we deserved to win today. Tomo...
YADEL MARTI We've played some teams in the past couple weeks that really like to slow the tempo. While they've d...
LARRY EBERST Pitt was ranked [No. 11] nationally [by Scout.com]. They had five players out of the top 100. None o...
BOB LICHTENFELS We weren't ranked in the top five at the beginning of the year, and to be honest, I wouldn't have ra...
BRYAN SABATO I saw two very determined teams. Both teams played excellent basketball.
JACKIE DINARDO We have a lot of respect for Florida. They are one of the top teams in the country. In fact, they we...
BILLY CHADWICK I know we're out in the suburbs and there are a lot of ... good teams in Cincinnati, but I don't kno...
GARY POPOVICH There are more good football teams today, I think, than there has ever been. It's much more signific...
ARA PARSEGHIAN In the State Tournament there are only two teams from Louisville, but you consider (the LIT) has all...
TERRY BUCKLES We invite good teams to the tournament. That's why we call it the Tournament of Champions. We feel t...
DIANE DAVEY A worldwide alert has been sent to all national teams for natural disaster coordination and evaluati...
ELISABETH BYRS I don' know much because it was kind of a last-minute thing. They should be highly ranked players in...
AMY JENSEN We've had to truly earn our bids. Since the PAC doesn't have an automatic bid, we've had to get ther...
AARON HUFFMAN Of course 2-2 would be a good result for both teams,
FREDDIE LJUNGBERG I've got to give credit to coach (Jim) Cole and the West Central Heat. It's tough to be a first-year...
ZACH KEENE The ballot did two things. One was to indicate teams that you thought ought to be considered - 1 to ...
CHARLES HARRIS It was just two good football teams refusing to lose the game, ... Neither team was going to quit, a...
CHAD LEWIS We didn't want to be back in the NIT, and I think we proved to everybody that we should have been in...
LISA BLUDER Why would I get a wild card into an American tournament, (as the) top-ranked American? Why would tha...
ANDY RODDICK I would imagine all the teams in (the) tournament are coming down to get their first games in and co...
CARL TEBON We've had their number the last two years, but you have different players on both teams. We'll have ...
AL GUTHMAN
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