The BIAH Quotables

This a new feature we are trying out here at BIAH this season. Throughout the week, we are going to post some notable quotes or excerpts that show up in our google reader. Stupid people say stupid things 24 hours a day, and being somehow associated with the college hoops landscape does not preclude that fact. That said, we will not limit our quotables to the simple and idiotic, as the insightful and intelligent will also be highlighted. Feel free to pass along any quotables you stumble across to contactbiah@gmail.com or hit us up on twitter.

On a snowy Saturday in downtown Washington, D.C., with President Obama at courtside, the Georgetown Hoyas throttled Duke by 12 in a game that was even more lopsided than the margin indicates. Hoya coach John Thompson III was happy the president could be in attendance, but that wasn't top priority:

Extremely happy that the president was there. But we were more nervous about the guys sitting on the other bench.

Chris Wright led all scorers with 21 points. He knew his team had to come out fast, and that's exactly what they did:

The crowd was pumped up, Obama was there, so it was exciting. I think we all came out with a little bit more energy than usual. We were all over the place, defensively and offensively.

You got that right.

Mid-way through the first half Georgetown forced five turnovers in a span of little over two minutes. Coach Krzyzewski shared Chris Wright's sentiments:

We could never match their emotion. The place was electric. Their team was electric, and they played that way for 40 minutes.

You got that right.

Georgetown's biggest lead of the game was 23. Wowsers.

Gonzaga lost a WCC game for the first time in what seems like a decade. They lost to San Francisco, 81-77. San Fransisco hasn't been good since the '40s. Rex Walters, the head coach of the Dons knew it was a big win, but wanted to keep the momentum rolling:

As a coach, no question this is as good a feeling as I've felt. Everybody is going to look at this game and say this will be the highlight of our season. I said to the guys, 'Let's work hard so it isn't.'

During the final minutes of an ugly 82-69 loss to BYU, Utah freshman Marshall Henderson threw a banckhanded punch at BYU guard Jackson Emery. Look past the fact that both these players have first name-last names, and check out what Utah coach Jim Boylen had to say following the game:

We need to address the bigger issue. Marshall Henderson made a mistake, plain and simple. Make no mistake. We feel bad about what happened, and so does Henderson. We are going to deal with this issue internally, and then I’m sure the league will deal with it as well. We need to move on now. Henderson is a great player.

Henderson might be a great player, but his stand-up skills are suspect. He needs to follow up the spinning-back-fist with a left roundhouse kick to the head.

Teams in the Big-12 keep beating each other up, confusing analysts and muddling the standings. The noble men and women at Deadspin put it all into perspective:

Speaking of Texas, they just can't seem to stop losing, falling in overtime at home to Baylor. Baylor almost beat K-State this week, and hung with KU last week, so you can't say this is a fluke. But then K-State topped Texas last week, before losing to Kansas last night. Complicated? After plugging this into the BCS computer, I'm pretty sure Drexel is leading the Big 12.