When I heard BB King's 'Sweet Sixteen,' I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player.
During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.
The Final Four is what we play for. That's what we're trying to do. That's what's important.
March Madness is an incredible three weeks. I firmly believe it's the greatest three weeks in sports. You have the Super Bowl; you have the World Series.
The Allstate March Mayhem Challenge is a great, great bracket challenge.
If we can lose 12 games every year and go to the Final Four every year, I'll take it. I'd rather do that than win 30 and not go to the Final Four.
The only thing that matters in college basketball is going to the Final Four.
During my 11-year coaching tenure, Saint Joseph's won or tied for the Big Five championship seven times, went to 10 postseason tournaments - including seven NCAA appearances - and reached the Final Four in 1961.
The really amazing part, to me, was when Florida made it into the Final Four, the Democrats didn't demand a recount.
For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You’ve achieved, you’ve got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in ’88, ’89 and ’90.
If you go to the Final Four, you can lose 20 games and it doesn't matter.
Well, we went to the Final Four in '96. As a college kid, that's what you dream about.
A Final Four would be pretty amazing.
It's a big deal to get to the NCAA Tournament.
I've always taken the approach that it's about the seed in the NCAA tournament.
When I was in high school watching college games, I was like 'I can't wait to get to March Madness.'
Everyone dreams of playing March Madness and playing in those tournaments, big-time games.
