Syracuse Player Quotes
West Virginia at Syracuse
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
Freshman forward Carmelo Anthony
On the confidence level of Billy Edelin:
“Right now Billy’s confidence has been going up and down game by game. I think today he showed his confidence is getting higher. He did everything to help us get the victory.”
Senior guard Kueth Duany
On his offense versus West Virginia:
“They left me open a couple of times. Coach Boeheim tells me if I have open shots to let them go. They just happened to fall tonight.”
On the team’s offense in the second half:
“In the first half I think we rushed our shots. In the second half we were more patient. We were sharing the ball and getting easy shots.”
On the play of the team going into Saturday’s game versus Georgetown:
“I think we are playing pretty good basketball. We need to continue building on what we have built so far.”
Freshman forward Matt Gorman
On the crowd support he received:
“It felt good. Just running up and down and having the crowd support me. It feels great having everyone backing me up as soon as I go in. It is a great feeling.”
On the support his teammates have given him during the season:
“Everybody is so supportive of me on the team. Everybody is always telling me to just keep my head up. I get along with everyone on the team so everyone supports me.”
Freshman guard Billy Edelin:
On the team’s man-to-man defense:
“We have been wanting to play man-to-man. All of us came from high school programs where we played a lot of man-to-man. Obviously we are going to need the zone to be successful but we like to be able to use both.”
Sophomore forward Hakim Warrick:
On people counting the number of dunks he has for the year:
“It is funny. It does not get old. The fans jump up every time. It seems like they are getting louder. I just want to go out there and keep playing the same game and get my teammates and the crowd excited.”
On the team’s patience on offense:
“There was a lot of ball movement and a lot of easy baskets. We just attacked from all angles tonight.”
