SU Player Quotes vs. South Florida
SU Player Quotes
Syracuse vs. South Florida
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
January 8, 2006
Junior Center Darryl Watkins
On the teams play…
“We have to play smarter and play together and we’ll be alright.”
On going on the road to take on Notre Dame…
“I think we’re ready to go on the road.”
Freshman Guard Andy Rautins
On the effort of the players off the bench…
“We get great contributions from everybody. It’s big that we give the starters a rest. It’s good for me to come off the bench and stay focused and do what’s asked of me.
On being called on to come off the bench…
“In my mind I’m always expecting to play. That helps me out to stay ready. You never know when you’ll be called on.”
On going on the road…
“It’s going to be a huge test for us. We have to come out and play tough like we can and when we start gelling we’re going to be tough to beat.”
Thoughts on the game…
“I think we played hard. We had to keep it together at the end though. We just let it slip away a little bit. We had a good defensive effort in the first half and had to keep that going into the second.”
Senior Guard Gerry McNamara
On the game…
“Coach wasn’t real happy. I’m not real happy. The team shouldn’t be real happy. We’re happy we won but not how we won, we have to play better basketball.”
On Andy Rautins’ and Arinze Onuaku’s contributions…
“We expect him to play well and those guys are a lot better than people think because they don’t see them very often. We get to see them play everyday. I have as much confidence in them as anyone else on the team. Andy’s a great shooter and Arinze is one of the biggest guys in the country. We expect them to produce and they did.”
On the BIG EAST…
“The only problem I have with it is that I’d like to play teams twice. I think that’s a great thing to do. To be able to go away and play a team at their place and then have them come to your place is a good thing. I think that’s the only fault. I think there is a lot of advantages and tradition with playing teams twice, but at the same time I’m not going to complain because this is the best league in the country, in my opinion.”
On hurting his ankle in the first half…
“I thought I landed on his foot. If I’m turning my ankle on just landing that’s not the best thing. I thought I landed on his foot.”
