West Virginia/Villanova Open Locker Room Quotes

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2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship

East Regional • TD Garden • Boston, Mass.

West Virginia Open Locker Room Quotes

March 22, 2018

Quotes from some of the players in the Va. Tech/Villanova matchup in the Boston East Regional

Sophomore Guard James Bolden

It feels great to be back in the Sweet 16. I was here last year, and honestly, I think it feels the same. We just have to keep playing with a lot of energy, execute Coach Huggins’ game plan, and stay together. Our defense creates turnovers, and turnovers lead to easy baskets for us. That is a big plus for us.

Sophomore Forward Lamont West

It feels good to still be playing – we were here last year. It’s good to be in the Sweet 16, but I would rather go to the Elite 8. We need to lock in and stop their best players – not let them do what they want to do. We need to run hard and make open shots. Our defense turns into our offense. We can get open runs and steals. Sagaba blocks shots and gives us energy. If we just listen to our coaches, I feel like we have a good chance.

Sophomore Forward Sagaba Konate

It feels great to be one of the last 16 teams still playing. It feels great to be playing at this time of year. We just need to play basketball and listen to our coaches and buy into what they are saying. Defense gets us going. Blocking shots and getting steals gets us fired up. It’s what we do, and it brings us a lot of energy.

2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship

East Regional • TD Garden • Boston, Mass.

Villanova Open Locker Room Quotes

March 22, 2018

Redshirt Junior Forward Eric Paschall

It is a blessing to be playing at this point in the year. We’ve been playing hard, and we feel like we deserve it. We’ve practiced really hard. We need to be tough and physical and play Villanova basketball for 40 minutes. That’s what we pride ourselves on, and that is what we are going to try to do. It means a lot. This team is like a family. These are my brothers. We literally try to do everything together – on the court and off the court. Sometimes we do get sick of each other, but we are doing it for something that is bigger than us. We are doing it for each other.

Redshirt Sophomore Guard Donte DiVincenzo

It’s amazing because there are only 15 other teams playing right now. It’s a great feeling to know that we are playing our best basketball right now. We need to stay confident and make sure we get stops. We can’t worry about the offense and West Virginia pressing. They are a great team and they are going to score the ball as well. We just need to limit their opportunities. My freshman year – two years ago – I was in this situation but just wasn’t able to play. Now being in this situation and being able to play, I can bring everything that I learned from my freshman year into this year.

Redshirt Freshman Forward Omari Spellman

We are trying to stay locked in and focus on the challenge before us. We are playing at our highest level right now. If we can play hard together, then we will take the results – win or lose. We have a pretty good team in front of us. We are just trying to prepare for them as best as possible.

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