Audio excerpts from post-game comments by coach Roy Williams and seniors Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison after being defeated by Syracuse (MP3 files).
Don't forget to watch some of the post-game press conference while you're here. Williams' opening comments: "This is one of those times that I feel so inadequate as a coach and inadequate as a person ..."
Hinrich on his pass to Lee and the final three-point shot: "I just didn't get a very good look."
Hinrich on his ankle: "It was bothering me a little bit, but I was just playing on adrenaline ..."
Hinrich on playing his final game as a 'Hawk: "... I'm sad, disappointed, and whatever you want to say."
Hinrich on the comeback in the beginning of the second half: "... I think we showed a lot of heart, a lot of guts."
Collison on the comeback attempt: "... It just wasn't our night."
Hinrich on the fast break: "We were just trying to make plays, trying to get them to speed up a little bit ..."
Collison on playing for KU: "You're not going to play for a better man, you're not going to play for a better staff ..."
Williams on being emotional at the end of the year: "I do have people in the media that make fun, and other teams' fans make fun of Ol' Roy crying at the end of the year, but I've never had one of those suckers come up and do it to my face. ..."
Williams on McNamara's performance: "He was sensational. Six threes in the first half..."
Williams on being the Kansas coach: "... The relationships that you can have with young people is what college athletics is all about."
Williams on what could have been: "When I think back on it, yeah, you're going to say, 'gosh, if we'd made a free throw ...'"
Williams on his comments about North Carolina: "... Coach Smith will be disapointed in my 'blankety-blank.'"
Williams on Carmelo Anthony: "I think he may be the best player that we've played against all year. ..."
Williams on Langford and Graves: "Keith does have that ability to penetrate and it breaks down some of the zones ..."
Williams on Collison: "... What a performance."
Williams on his comments to Boeheim: "I told him that ... I was really happy for him. I hurt, and I hurt for my team, but I was really happy for him. ..."
Williams on Syracuse's youth: "... Talent takes you a long way."
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