Colorado University Athletics
Colorado, Chaminade Quotes
November 25, 2009 | Men's Basketball
On Colorado's energy level
"You come here and you lay it all on the line the first couple nights. Even one of the referees came up to me before the game and said, 'Steve you could easily be 2-0 and playing in the championship tonight.' I knew the kids had the right attitude in the locker room, but I also knew that the same energy wouldn't be there. When you line up and leave it all out there every night, to come back and play a Division II team, you can say everything you want in your own mind, but it isn't the same. My whole goal was to manage it to the point where we could get out of here with a win."
On what to take away from Maui
"I know our fans have been watching these games, and if you don't walk away from these games wanting to come to our next home game, wanting to be a part of this. Everyone will find negatives and there are things we have to get better at. But I'm going to tell you this; I don't know how many texts and calls from throughout the country I got saying, 'Steve, that team is playing their tails off.' ESPN asked me what did you want to accomplish when you walked out of here and I said that I wanted people to know Colorado basketball is different than it was last year. I wanted them to feel like we are a hard-playing group of kids. I think we accomplished that. I think we found that we have some depth and that on different nights somebody else can step up."
