For Immediate Release: November 3, 2004
Contact: Thomas Moore II (sports@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-2956

Men's Basketball Game Quotes


Quotes from Wednesday's men's basketball exhibition game against St. Rose:

Final Score: St. Rose 82, Binghamton 76

Head Coach Al Walker

"I am dissappointed for the fans and all those that came. They weren't able to get a sense of how hard we 've been working in practice and how good of a team we will be. They deserve better. "

"It is very important that we create a winning culture: in our building, in this program, and in this community. This is not the type of start we were looking for. I am very disappointed."

"It's a very uncomfortable feeling seeing us retreat into these patterns we created in the past. We were very sloppy handling the ball and just got killed on the offensive glass. We just didn't perform."

St. Rose Head Coach Brian Beaury

"I didn't expect to win. The one thing we do is compete. Last year, I felt that was the one thing we didn't do. If you look at the stats, we didn't do anything well. We didn't shoot well. We didn't rebound well. We just played hard."

"We let them get too comfortable in their half court game. We had to change it up and that's why we began to trap. We sped up the pace of the game and were able to get them out of their offensive rhythm. Coming in we were very concerned with Billings. He was much less of a factor when we got them to play an up-tempo style."

Senior center Nick Billings

"It was absurd to come out and play the way we did. This is not a true sense of where we are at as a team. We weren't ready for their style of play, but, that's no excuse for not coming out and playing tough."

"Sebastian is one of our toughest players. He is our floor leader. Sure, we missed him, but we should have been able to make up for his absence."

"By the time the real games start, everything should be fused together."

Sophmore guard Troy Hailey

"We got comfortable with a lead in the first half and they ran through us. Bucket after bucket. Free throw after free throw. All of a sudden we look up and we're down eight at the half. I don't see any positives right now."

"We better get it straight by Monday. If we don't this place will be empty and we can't have that."

Graduate student Joe White

"Last year against these guys, we were without Sebastian and Nick, but we played hard as a team. We played our game. Tonight their effort was just far superior compared to ours."

"We are not ready to play as a team yet. It hurts losing, but we need move on, it's our only choice."