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University of Louisville Men's Basketball Post-Game Quotes
March 02, 2002 | Men's Basketball
March 2, 2002
Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino
"I want to congratulate Charlotte. They played an unbelievable game. They made some of the most difficult shots I have ever seen under duress. We are real proud of our basketball team."
"At the beginning of the year we were Reece Gaines and a bunch of Harry's. Now at the end of the year we have had a lot of people contributing."
"Luke (Whitehead) played big tonight. He came up with some big steals."
(On the play at the end of the overtime) "We were going to go to Reece (Gaines) but when he wasn't open, I yelled at Larry (O'Bannon) and told him it was going to him. We called body-to-body, and the move off the dribble was not there for him at the beginning of the year. He has worked hard on it all year and he made a tremendous move at the end."
(on giving Reece Gaines rests) "In the initial months, when we took him out we went from a three-point lead to a seven-point deficit. We are not doing that any more."
"We have become a better rebounding team, a better passing team and a better shooting team."
"I think we have become a good basketball team. It's going to take a mountain to win four games in the tournament. I've never had to do that, except in going to the Final Four."
Charlotte Head Coach Bobby Lutz
"We are proud of our effort. We made some errors in execution down the stretch. It's a game that we could have won, but they made the great plays down the stretch."
"It looked like they had it wrapped up and we had it wrapped up, but we were never comfortable with the lead. Both teams made winning plays. This is one of the better games we have played in all year long."
