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Louisville Men's Basketball Post-Game Quotes
January 07, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 7, 2004
Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino
"This was a good win for us opening up the league. Most of the time, we played pretty good defense. I was hoping we could keep going up the ladder but it was a great victory. Anytime you can win a league game you have to be happy and we are."
"I didn't think our rebounding was good tonight because they are an excellent offensive rebounding team. It was an off night for some of our players but I was pleased with the win."
"We are a little banged up. Taquan (Dean) has a deep thigh bruise. Most players wouldn't play through it but he did. The one problem with the injury is that he tires very quickly. We have two very difficult road games. I have heard South Florida is a tough place to play and I know that East Carolina is difficult at home."
"We are running a lot of motion to our offense. Taquan has done a much better job at point guard than I ever thought he would. I made a mistake with Tony Delk (moving him to point guard). It's a pleasant surprise that he has made the transition."
Southern Miss Coach James Green
"Nothing feels good. They have a great basketball team here. Coach (Pitino) has assembled a great basketball team here. They are just a lot better than us. When you play in an environment like this, it's very tough. I think there are some other teams that will get a dose of what we got tonight."
(on rebounding) "That was a positive for us. We were able to fight on the board although I think we were a little intimidated. It was a learning experience for us. We've not won a lot on the road. It's a great job by the Louisville program from top to bottom. They're just better than us. I hate to say it but that's the absolute truth. I wonder if we are in the same league as they are. It's a great situation here."
"We might have been a little intimidated. We don't have a guy on our team that has played against Louisville at Freedom Hall but it was a learning experience for us. It's only one ball game and I don't want to take anything away from any other team in our league but this might be one of the toughest road games we'll have all year."
