Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

The Final Four is what we play for. That's what we're trying to do. That's what's important.

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.

It's been an unbelievable thing for me to walk Bruin Walk and walk past Coach Wooden's statue, a guy that when I was in elementary school, it's Coach Wooden winning his final championship, his 10th in 12 years.

My favorite NBA team are the houston rockets and favorite college team are the duke blue devils.

Well, I think any national championship is an extremely important championship to play in.

In 1981, when I went down to visit Georgia Tech, I watched Michael Jordan play and literally get ridiculed for taking a jump shot in the championship game that went off the backboard, and they won. People are forgetting that Michael was just one of the players when they went to the Dream Team.

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 only thing that matters in college basketball is going to the Final Four.

I've always taken the approach that it's about the seed in the NCAA tournament.

I like Josh Hart. I've liked him since 'Nova.

You don't make it to the Final Four two years in a row by mistake.

I had a few brief, brief interactions with Coach K. Mainly us beating them in the NCAA Tournament back in 2012.

Here at CBS, spring also means March Madness. I love the name March Madness. I'm glad the PC police haven't made us change March Madness to early spring psychosis.

There was no professional basketball for me in the United States when I was in grade school and middle school. I could look to the Olympics and college basketball, but that was only on TV for the Final Four.

Making it to the Final Four, you feel like you're watched on campus. You're in the classroom, professors are talking about it.

I think anyone who is also a fan of college basketball as well as the NBA, you have an opinion on Duke.

I've won league championships, and I helped pull off a massive NCAA tournament upset - our 15-versus-2 win over Duke in 2012.

Well, we went to the Final Four in '96. As a college kid, that's what you dream about.

It's a big deal to get to the NCAA Tournament.

I would love to add to the rich tradition that Duke University holds on and off the court, and play for one of the all time great coaches, Coach K. I would love to go up to Chapel Hill, play for Roy Williams, and chase back-to-back National Championships at North Carolina.

When I was in high school watching college games, I was like 'I can't wait to get to March Madness.'

Swish: A made basket. Swoosh: The Nike logo. Swish-swoosh, swish-swoosh, swish-swoosh: A thousand coaches in nylon tracksuits, walking through hotel lobbies at the Final Four.

Archie Miller does a fantastic job at Dayton.

I think the thing that makes Indiana basketball special is that they have incredible teams, both college teams and pro teams, and they're all about grit.

A Final Four would be pretty amazing.