Quotes

Below are some quotes from last week.

Comments by Memphis Player Joey Dorsey regarding Greg Oden before the game.
"This is the game I wanted." "I think (the pro scouts) will really be watching this game (Saturday) night because it's two great big men going against each other. I'm an underrated big man and he's a lot overrated as a big man. It's going to be a great rebounding game for me. I'm going to try to outrebound him." "We watched tape this morning and last night and he's a lot like me. He gets his head out of the game easily when he picks up a couple fouls. Then he stops playing and then he picks up another foul by trying to play too hard." "Might be as good as Joey Dorsey." "It's going to be like David and Goliath. I'm Goliath."

Matt Terwilliger comments
"I don't know if he ever read that story, But Goliath lost."

Oden's response before the game.
"Don't you forget, David beat Goliath. It kind of made me laugh.'' "I guess he (wants) to play me," a smiling Oden said. "So I guess I need to show up."

Mike Conley Jr. comments
"I couldn't believe it. I've never heard somebody just call somebody out like that. I've never heard people call out Greg in the newspaper."

Butler's comments
"Honestly? Idiot."

What Greg thought.
"My coaches told me about it and I was like, 'Hey he's calling me out, but I tried not to think about it. I just wanted play my game and not let the comments get into my head." "It really doesn't matter what I had and what he had. What matters is that we won."

Assistant Ohio State head coach John Groce.
"Greg told his teammates that it wasn't about him versus Dorsey, that we were a team. I think it made his teammates want to play even harder to make Greg look good."

Memphis guard Chris Douglas-Roberts
"We were a quiet, under-the-radar team, you know, the underdog team. After that, it made us look like the team who's opposite that ... It was bad timing and it wasn't the right thing to say." "Even when he's not blocking shots, and even when he's not rebounding, you still feel his presence." "You can't pass him up. You can't pass him up. Another Greg Oden won't come around in another 20-something years. You can't pass him up. You can't. Until you play against him [you don't know] how good he actually is."

Memphis player Joey Dorsey after scoring no points in the game. (Predicted 15 points and 20 rebounds for himself and nine points and five rebounds for Oden.)
"Greg Oden was the better player tonight." "Greg knew what I was saying, I was trying to get both of us pumped up for the game." "No, no, I didn't know he had offense like that." "I tried my best to contain him … I didn't know he was that strong." "Every time I played good defense on him, he came back with a counter. Fighting him in the post was crazy. He's a good player." "He needs to work on his jump hooks and everything."

Was Dorsey misquoted?
"Nah, nah, they said exactly what I said. But I got the David and Goliath wrong this time."

Coach Matta's comments after the game. He neglects to mention the 1999 Final Four, which was vacated by the NCAA.
"This is a tremendous honor. It's been 1968 since Ohio State's done it."