November 19, 1997
Goran Rakocevic -- Head Coach, Buducnost Yugoslavia
"They (Texas A&M) are good, but tonight we had our biggest let-down since we have been in America."
-- On the pressure style of defense A&M plays:
"In our country we choose not to play like that and the rules are different. That is why we had trouble with breaking their press."
Head Coach Tony Barone Quotes:
"When you play a game like this, you want to maintain fundamentals and also enthusiasm. I think we did that tonight. My main concern coming in to tonight was our level of enthusiasm. We got out and ran well and accomplished what we wanted. I thought our tempo was good."
"If your going to press like we did tonight, you don't want to give up any easy baskets and I don't think that we did."
"I was very pleased with Shanne (Jones). I thought he was strong inside for us tonight. It's always good to get a lot of guys into the game and give them some real game-like situations. Michael (Schmidt) came in and played hard for us. He is a real strong-nosed kid who is going to contribute a lot for this team."
"We got the opportunity to try a lot of different things and we executed well on both ends of the floor. I was pleased with what I saw in both exhibition games and am looking forward to getting the season started on Saturday."
Texas A&M Forward Calvin Davis Quotes:
"A win like this helps us out with building our confidence. We got a lot of guys into the game and we all got a lot of work in. We were able to move around inside and find the gaps in their zone and the guards did a good job of getting us the ball. It's always good when we can get a chance to work with the new guys. They're going to really help us out this season and they played well tonight."
Texas A&M Forward Shanne Jones Quotes:
"Hopefully this will elevate our confidence going into the season. Coach (Barone) has been working on us moving the ball around and also running a lot more and we certainly did that tonight. We are looking for our shots more than last year and the guards are doing a great job of giving us the ball."