Syracuse Player Quotes
Syracuse vs. Rutgers
January 16, 2008
Syracuse, N.Y. - Carrier Dome
Donte' Greene, Fr., F
Donte' Greene, Fr., F
On getting back to winning ways:
"We want to come in and work hard on defense and resolve our pride."
On win against Rutgers:
"It feels good to come back and get a 30-point win. [We were] playing defense, [We were] playing as a team. I mean, we had three players almost score 20 tonight. Our offense is back and we were moving the ball. We're just clicking right now."
On tonight's offense:
"We were getting shots a lot better. It feels good to be back home. We have the students behind us – school's back. It feels good."
Scoop Jardine, Fr., G
On opening the floor for teammates:
“I have guys hitting shots. Jonny has guys hitting shots. Paul played like an animal. If we play like that, we're going to be scary. We have to do that on the road.”
On what Coach Boeheim stresses:
“We listen to Coach [Boeheim] and we listen to everything he says. We're going to be good. Coach told us it's going to be tough on the road. If we play our gameplan, if [the coaching staff] prepares us for every game, we're going to be good, and that's what we did today, and you see the results.”
Paul Harris, So., F
On tonight’s win:
“Scoop Jardine did an excellent job distributing the ball and Jonny Flynn played a ‘Jonny Flynn game’.”
On playing on the road:
“It was tough going [to West Virginia], but it's a learning experience for all of us and to get this home crowd back and we get our momentum back, I think we'll be ready to go back on the road soon.”
On the importance of tonight:
“We needed it bad. I think everybody needed it. The fans needed it, the coaches, the players.”
On tonight’s rebounding win:
“We came back and had a hard practice, watched a lot of film. It showed how much Coach [Boeheim] drilled in our head. We have to get better, we have to get better.”
