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"This is one of those times that I feel so inadequate as a coach and so inadequate as a person because there’s nothing I can say to change the way my kids feel. And there’s nothing they can say to change the way I feel. But I’m extremely proud of my basketball team. For Syracuse to come out and make ten out of 13 threes in the first half, and for us to be down like we were, and they got back in the game but just never could get back over the hump, is something that I’ll never forget. I’ve never been one to like moral victories, and I don’t like this one, but I love the competitiveness of my kids. I love the way that they fought until the very end. Things didn’t look good a lot of times during that game, but they never quit playing. That’s what college athletics is supposed to be all about. "As much as I hurt right now because of the loss, I hurt even more because I’m not going to be able to coach Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison anymore. As much as I hurt right now, and I told him this after the game, I’m happy for Jimmy Boeheim. I think over so many years he hasn’t gotten the respect he deserves, and I really am happy that I think he’ll get more of it now. I hate that it was at our expense, there’s no question about that, but all you can do in college athletics is do the absolute best that you can. We didn’t make some shots, we didn’t block every shot that they shot, we didn’t play our best game of the year by any means. But if you ever have a chance to work with somebody and care about somebody as much as I have these kids, you’re going to be really a lucky person. And even though I’m in the wrong locker room, I really feel like I’m an awfully lucky person."