Basketball Quote by Mark Gottfried

If you want to get teams in the NCAA Tournament, then you schedule wins. You play home games and you buy games, and then…

— John Calipari

Every team begins the year with the goal of going to the NCAA tournament. Until somebody takes that dream away, you pursue it. The…

— Dan Monson

Unfortunately, in our business, it's all about the tournament when you're a good team.

— Jim Boeheim

If you asked everybody in a quiet room what they think, they'd say, 'What does the NCAA do really well? We run championships really…

— Christopher R. Hill

It is a tremendous honor to be a No. 2 seed, and to get to play so close to home in Dayton. It is…

— Thad Matta

I think the basketball gods will get you every time if you start trying to mess with the game. You've got to take what…

— Dwane Casey

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

— Kelvin Sampson

To stay in one time zone and play in a great conference - a great all-around conference, but, specifically, a great basketball conference -…

— Jim Boeheim

I just think that playing in a championship game and playing in every game in March Madness, that's just more time for critics to…

— Jahlil Okafor

The in-season tournament is probably the first time that I'm really competing to win a championship on the NBA level.

— Tyrese Haliburton

This is what Conference USA should be in every game and every building. This is a basketball environment.

— John Calipari

The NCAA has its rules. It's our job to abide by them.

— Ezekiel Elliott