They Said It...

"Duke, seemingly no matter what happens to them, will be the nation's No. 1 team."
-- Stanford's Josh Childress

"I tell the kids, 'This is your reward, you get to travel the country."'
-- Connecticut's Jim Calhoun

"Obviously I'd like to say yes that it helps to play there. But as soon as I say that, if we lose then everybody is going to be saying 'See, that didn't help them at all to be in Kansas City.'"
-- Kansas' Keith Langford

"He [Billy Packer] called us out on national TV. That committee goes into a room and studies it and he's smarter than the committee? Enough with him."
-- St. Joseph's Phil Martelli

"Seattle is like a second home to us. If we couldn't play the game in Spokane, the next-best place is Seattle."
-- Gonzaga's Mark Few

"I never try to determine where we're going to go. I never try to determine who we're going to play. When I look at the brackets, I'm looking at Air Force."
-- North Carolina's Roy Williams

"We're not Duke-ish, but kids who play basketball have seen our name at the top of the list for many years."
-- Stanford's Mike Montgomery

"Obviously, there's already a bunch of people who think they'll beat us. By the time Friday gets here, we'll probably be severe underdogs."
-- Vanderbilt's Kevin Stallings