Sprint Tournament Center Quotes from April 2; Coaches Matt Painter, Mike Brey, Bruce Weber and Gary Williams Visit the Sprint Tournament Center Desk

MATT PAINTER on filling the shoes of Gene Keady: "It's a dreamcome true, playing at Purdue, and then having an opportunity to comeback and be the next head coach. People always joke and say you neverwant to follow a legend; you want to get it the second time around. Ialways joke and say they never got offered the job."

MIKE BREY on the possibility of the Big East splitting up: "Ithink we want to stay the course and stay together. Mike Tranghese,our commissioner, is very confident that this will work. Certainly wehear a lot of rumors about us splitting and breaking up and theCatholic schools going one way, but in our league meetings I've neverheard that or felt that."

BRUCE WEBER on coaching seniors after their collegiate playingdays have passed: "As soon as the game is over I have to becomecounselor. We flew back Sunday after losing to Washington and I hadthose guys in the office that afternoon telling them what we've got tothink about."

BRUCE WEBER on taking over a basketball program: "You've got toget everyone to buy into a system, and that's not an easy thing to do.You have to find who the team leader is and when I got to Illinois itwas Dee Brown."

GARY WILLIAMS on the success of mid majors: "It's going to happensometimes, especially now with only 13 scholarships and the fact thatso many programs spend the same amount of money. It used to be youcould outspend some people and make some things look really good inrecruiting. No longer. I think a lot of schools have dedicated theirathletic program to having a very good men's basketball program inthis case and it's really paying off for their schools."

MATT DOHERTY on Billy Donovan establishing a basketball traditionat Florida: "Billy Donovan has really established his own tradition.He is their living legend; he is their John Wooden at Florida."

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