Bounds Quotes

You've got Lowry, who is willing to go in there and get rebounds. He averaged at least six a game. So I don't think that will be a big problem for them. Florida will have to keep Villanova from getting offensive rebounds, because that's a big thing for them. - Jeff Green

You're not going to win too many games shooting under 30 percent unless something else is working for you. In part we got a lot of offensive rebounds because we were missing so many shots, but if they were able to get those rebounds, it probably would've been a lopsided loss. - Kevin Gardner

You're going to be feeling pretty good about (scoring), and they'll grab it out of bounds, throw it to the hash mark and Nash will be pushing it up, and if you're not running back with Shawn Marion, they'll just throw it over the top. That's what they thrive on. - Mike Montgomery

Your defense, free throws and rebounds are so important, especially at this level of the playoffs. - David Duncan

You would love to have avoided the injuries, but there's no question we've seen progress, leaps and bounds, from some guys taking advantage of the situation. - Scott Stoker

You see the size difference in the teams. For the better part of two days in practice, we focused trying to limit them to one shot - trying to keep the ball off the blocks because they're powerful and have so much talent. We fronted the post and boxed out. We were chasing down rebounds. - Dave Mislan

You see the first five playing ... but the reason they're playing is the people in practice are pushing them hard. A lot of times it gets overlooked because all people see are points and rebounds on the stat sheet or in the newspaper. The practice players make us good. - Jim Bolla

You just keep thinking it's going to happen. We had opportunities, we just had the ball bounce around an awful lot. There must have been more rebounds than any game I've seen in a long time. - Gary Castine

You just can't get down 16, 17 points. It's hard to come back unless you play almost perfectly and they play poorly. We had some great possessions and some key stops, but they got a couple of key rebounds. - Skip Prosser