12.21.1999
New Mexico Quotes
Arizona Men's Basketball
New Mexico @ Arizona
Opponent Quotes
UNM Head Coach Fran Fraschilla:
"The biggest difference tonight was that we had guys that made their shots when we needed it. Lamont Long and Kevin Henry were absolutely huge for us tonight. We're just an over achieving team this year. We like to be scrappy and we keep clawing away at teams. That's how we win."
"Kevin Henry was so huge tonight. I've been trying to find ways to get him more shots in the last few weeks and tonight he responded. Arizona trapped us well tonight, but we had a great game plan for Lamont to shine also."
"The last play captured the focus of everyone tonight. We found a way to have a guy in the right place at the right time. I keep saying that Roland Hannah plays good basketball, accepts his role and works hard for us. I was just praying that the ball would go in for him and us."
"As I said, Roland Hannah works very hard for us. He's not very talented, but I guess even a blind squirrel finds a acorn once in a while. We showed our kids a clip from Braveheart today before the game and kids like that stuff. The whole two days here we felt good. We don't have a bad kid on our squad. I happy to see that they're buying into what we're telling them. It's great to know that they are aware that there is light at the end of the tunnel."
#42 Roland Hannah
"I guess I was in the right position at the right time. It was right there in front of me and I just had to put it right back in. I thought the referee would call a foul because I thought I pushed (Michael) Wright in the back, but I guess they just didn't call it."
"Tonight was not a shock for us. We go out and battle every game. This game was really, really hard for us tonight, but its just what we needed. We needed to show them that we weren't going to back down just because they were the No. 2 team in the country."
# 5 John Robinson
"We were 5-5 coming in here and people were down on us... even in our own city. This will help us a great deal. We will definitely learn from this game. Everybody on this team was confident tonight. There was great heart and great intensity. Our great defense helped to give us a boost of energy. It felt good. I want more."
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