Marcus is not the scorer, but he is the runner of the team. He gets the ball to the right people in the right time at the right spots.

I think a lot of credit has to go to Louisville when you have a leader out. I'm not sure how well our offense would have been if we didn't have Marcus Williams. Marcus is not the scorer, but he is the runner of the team. He gets the ball to the right people in the right time at the right spots. They didn't have that tonight. They worked like crazy.

He was just magnificent. He put the ball on the deck, drove from 22 or 23 (feet), made threes. He really was a handful.

There is nobody like him. When you watch Roy play, from a coaching standpoint, he's everything you want a player to be. He has composure and seems to want the ball in tough situations.

I give him credit for coming in, passing the ball and not trying to score right away, rebounding, doing good things. I was happy with his play.

My greatest concern is ball-handling and getting the ball inside. If we get the ball inside, we'll be successful.

I'm not complaining, but that takes a toll. The league is just so difficult.

It's an important time because no one wants anyone else to get off to a 7-0 start. The league is off to a good start.

This league is a bear. I have great respect for Pittsburgh. For us to go anyplace, we have to beat Pittsburgh. For Pittsburgh to go anyplace, they have to go by us.

This league will not allow you to breathe. If you're not good every night, you're going to get beat. It's that difficult. In all my years in this league, I've never seen anything like it.

I've always thought he was unappreciated, ... It wasn't until he got to the Final Four in the Meadowlands in 1996 that I felt he was truly appreciated. I remember the first 10 years in the league I had to answer why Jim can't win this or that. We're the old guard of the Big East.

I've been in the league 20 years, and this is the most competitive that it has ever been.

Don't get too carried away. Get around this league, go to some of the places, get on the road and see some of the friendly faces in this league and maybe we'll see you another time.

This was a year that if you relaxed, you were going to get beat. Here's Marquette picked 12th, and they have a bye. It gives you a sense of just how strong this league is. It's almost impossible to imagine that a couple of years ago. The diversity and depth of players make it almost impossible to predict.

I think clearly this is the best league in the country.

We're a new league, a league of 16. But this seems like the old wars of the '80s and '90s.

I'm so proud of my kids. We took every shot Kentucky had. It's amazing we were playing Kentucky for the very first time.

It's going to be nice playing an away game. I'm looking forward to that. I think that part of the system is really working out to protect the ones.

It's going to be nice playing an away game, too. I'm looking forward to that.

This is where you want to be. You want to be playing from the top.

said Pat Calhoun with a laugh. ''It doesn't matter to him whether he was playing for a state championship or a national championship.

Bobby Jones looks to me like a guy who can make a living in the NBA just playing defense. He's an absolutely magical player defensively.

This weekend might be like root canal in the sense the way Seton Hall is playing right now. That's the first order of business.

We worked on the 1-3-1 for three straight days this week and it paid off. It means a little something extra to go home with a win against such a great team. The enthusiasm of each shot is big when playing in such a hostile environment as we were today.