Things people said!

"This class fills our needs by position." - Beth Launiere on her '08 signees, adding "Plus I don't think they're gonna bail on me after one year, which is a need we have, too."

"The only stat that weighed heavily in their favor was their block and our offense sputtering." - Don Hardin on the Illini's win over Iowa. There's a stat for sputtering offense?

"They played well and I'm going to give them credit." - Minnesota's Jessy Jones on her team's loss to Wisconsin and the resulting credit she's issuing the Badgers, probably in the form of a gift certificate.

"We went out and played Michigan volleyball. We let Ohio State climb back in it in game two, but we really closed the door on them in games three and four." - Michigan's Mark Rosen. So, if I read this right, Michigan volleyball is about unnecessarily losing the second game of every match?

"You just had to look at them, they had so much confidence, with their chests out, and we didn't. It's indicative of the two programs." - Dave Rubio on the difference between UCLA and Arizona, which apparently is all traced back to good posture, or...something. Look for AZ's team bus to have corrective orthopedic chairs next year.

"I think this is the best national tournament ever." - Mr. Glass-half-full, John Dunning. Hey, John? Bond Shymansky, on line 2. He begs to differ.

"This is as close to a winnable regional as we are going to get." - Mr. The-Glass-is-half-full-AND-half-empty, Tom Hilbert.

"After last night's big win at LSU, tonight's announcement was especially disheartening. I felt we had met the criteria put forth by the selection committee: a strong RPI, a quality record against teams that were selected for the tournament, and an 11-1 finish to our season." - Ms. I-don't-even-get-a-stupid-glass, Liz Kritza, making the foolish mistake of trying to apply logic to the NCAA committee's selection process.

"I think for going to the NCAAs three times in a row, they could give us a break." - Siena coach Garvey Pierre, on his first round match-up with Penn State. With losses to Iona, Fairfield, Albany, and Binghamton, exactly what kind of break would Pierre like? Perhaps he should compare notes with Jon Wallace.