Rick Scruggs Quotes


You're going to have to play the best to get out of there anyway. We'll be tested from the first tip-off. We got ourselves into this by being the fourth seed. Now we'll just have to see what we can do about it. - Rick Scruggs



Well, the first question you all are going to ask me is, how did we beat Minnesota and play Carolina so close? It's a tale of two teams. Ohio State just took it to us tonight and we didn't have an answer for them. A lot of it had to do with Ohio State . - Rick Scruggs



Well they're frustrated and I can understand that. We're frustrated. People are asking me around town 'What are you going to do?' Well, if I knew that, I'd be writing books and journals, I wouldn't be coaching. If I knew how to snap people out of these doldrums, I'd be making a lot more money. We're doing all we can do right now. - Rick Scruggs



We tried to schedule some home games out of conference this season, but no schools were willing to come in here to play with the team we have coming back. Porter Arena is a tough place to play. Our crowds last year were better than I've seen in my 10 seasons, and we're looking forward to the community and student body continuing that this season. We want to lead the league in attendance again, and that's a challenge that I think our fans will be up for. - Rick Scruggs



We had something different called and T.J. made eye contact with Jennings and it worked. I probably won't run them for it. - Rick Scruggs