Syracuse Player Quotes
Syracuse vs. Georgetown
February 16, 2008
Carrier Dome - Syracuse, NY
Donte’ Greene, Fr., F
On the team being able to rebound:
“We’re talented. We try to work on that every day in practice and we came out and hit the glass hard.”
On playing good defense:
“It’s the hype. We should be hyped every game. We have to come out and want it and try to get a stop every time.”
On teams getting unexpected wins recently:
“The BIG EAST is one of the top conferences in the country, but any given team can come out with a win at any time. “
On the crowd:
“The crowd was crazy. I love SU, I love SU fans, I love SU students. There aren’t any fans in the country like SU fans. We have the number one fans and the number one community.”
Arinze Onuaku, So. C
On keeping up the intensity during the game:
“I told them we have to keep going. They were doing a great job on the defensive end. They had to go back in and finish out strong.”
On the crowd and the win:
“It was pretty impressive. We needed this one pretty bad. We knew we had our backs against the walls, so we had to come out here and play hard.”
On the Louisville game:
“Coach [Boeheim] said they are the best team in the BIG EAST. So, we have to go down there and focus and if we play like we did today, we should come out with a W.”
On getting his confidence back:
“It was my team. My team told me from the beginning that they were going to drive up to me, and that were going to try to get me the ball early”
On playing with backs against the wall:
“Coach said we should play with our back against the wall as much as we can. Treat every game like a must win.”
Jonny Flynn, Fr., G
On the Syracuse Fans:
“There was 18,000 people there for warmup. You don’t see that anywhere else but Syracuse.”
On getting Arinze [Onuaku] shots:
“He doesn’t lose his composure. We would get it down there and we told him if you smell blood, go for the kill. A missed shot is way better than a turnover. He really took control of the game for us early.”
On playing seven straight games:
“My legs feel great. I’ll ice them tomorrow, but when you’re out there you don’t notice. Fatigue isn’t a factor.”
