The guy had no clue, ... But that was irrelevant. If (UC president Nancy Zimpher) didn't like what she saw, it's her prerogative to change it. Whether she's right or wrong doesn't matter. That's something in coaching you have to understand.

I like Huggins a lot, ... and I respect him as a basketball coach. Make sure you write that.

Pat has been instrumental in what we've done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we've done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that's Pat. No one would come close to being able to continue to build on what we've done here so far like he will.

Have you ever heard an admissions director be fired because a kid flunked out of school?

I don't want to bust my [expletive] all the time and have it turned over to somebody who has no idea what they hell they're doing or knows what coaching at Tech is all about, ... This way, it has somebody coming into it that is conducive to Tech and can maintain and improve things.

This Event is a good test for any program because there are teams in it every year who compete for the national championship. Plus it's a great chance to support the fight against cancer. There aren't any of us anywhere that haven't been touched in some way by cancer.

We were on the verge of having a really good team. That was my only disappointment.

Montana, Colorado, Wyoming. Some damned place.

This is like the town council just hired a new marshal to clean up the town, ... I guarantee you, if I stay here long enough, they'll get rid of me, too.