words 'n' stuff

"I'm not sure that I would declare us the top team in the country. There's a tournament that will determine that in December." - Russ Rose, doing his best Lou Holtz impression.

"When you get to this point, you just need to think, 'just keep coaching, just keep coaching.'" - Mike Hebert doing his best Dory impersonation.

"Angie Lastra was fabulous. She is the best libero in the country." - K-State's Susie Fritz, ending once and for all any discussion about who the best libero in the country is.

"Our hitting was just ridicules [sic]." - Tom Hilbert on his squad's blistering .504 hitting percentage against San Diego State. Wouldn't you rather hear Hilbert say "Our hitting was off the hook, yo."

"They played 7 percent better than us that last game, and we have the numbers - 7 percent better." - George Washington coach Jojit Coronel getting reeeeally specific about GW losing game 5 against Fordham. And that's actually GW's sideout percentage for game 5, not actually hitting percentage, which was .179 to Fordham's .259.

"The difference between (Friday) and (Thursday) is that there's really not that much difference." - Dave Rubio, talking in circles. "You put an 'L' in one column and a 'W' in the other. And yet, physiologically, it makes a huge difference." Ohhhh! Physiologically! Wait...physiologically?

"I had a heart-to-heart with the team, and I told them that I did not feel they had been playing the last few games with 100 percent effort. I really feel my talk got them motivated to get the job done." - Kathy Gregory. Gosh, could it really be that easy? Look for heart-to-hearts to become all the rage.