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Syracuse Player Quotes
Pittsburgh at Syracuse
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
Freshman Carmelo Anthony
On the last SU's game-winning basket:
"I got a steal and we called timeout. Then Gerry pushed it all the way. He was trying to take him to school, but he drew everyone to him and Jeremy was able to put it back in."
On Jeremy McNeil's game-tying free thows:
"We were terrible from the free-throw line tonight. I don't know if anyone thought he was going to make those, but he did. He came up big."
On Brandin Knight's last-second shot attempt:
"There was 0.8 on the clock. When he caught it he traveled first then he took a dribble and upfaked. I didn't think you could do all that in 0.8 seconds."
On the importance of beating Pittsburgh:
"We underestimated Rutgers and they beat us by one on a last-second shot. Tonight we had to come in and show everyone how good of a team we are. We've been in and out of the rankings this year and I think a lot of people underestimated how good we are."
Sophomore Hakim Warrick
On the crowd:
"It was great. You could feel the court shaking with how loud it was. It was like back in the day when they filled the Dome with 30-plus a night, and hopefully they come out excited Monday against Georgetown too."
On Jeremy McNeil's play:
"He came up big for us tonight. Without his play or Josh's or Billy's off the bench we would have lost this game."
Junior Jeremy McNeil:
On his game-winning put-back:
"Coach told me to go to the lane and Gerry was going to dish it to me or Hakim, or take it himself. He missed and it was right there for me."
On his game-tying free-throws:
"I've been working on my foul shots. Even at halftime and before games I go through my routine. I knew if I made them we would have a shot (to win). If I didn't, I knew we wouldn't, so I wanted to make them."
On his feelings after the game:
"I'm just glad we won. This was a good win for us as team. Forget me. I was just at the end. Craig Forth did a good job playing D and Kueth Duany stepped up. I'm just happy that we won and played well together."
