Senior forward David Gomez
On getting a win in his final home game
"I can't stop smiling. We've been in this situation before and the efforts have been real close. It's only fitting that we go out on top in a close game like this."
"Give East Carolina a lot of credit. They were draining threes all game but we hung in there, grabbed some big rebounds, and scored when we had to at the end."
On looking ahead to the conference tournament
"This definitely gives us great motivation. I'm really excited about going to Memphis and see what we're going to do."
Senior forward Donnie Stith
On finally getting a win in a close game
"We've lost three close games this season and we made the plays we had to at the end and pulled it out."
On playing his final home game
"My mom, dad, uncle, and aunt were here and it was great to play in front of them because they haven't seen me play in a while. It was great for all three seniors to go out with a bang."
On looking ahead to the conference tournament
"Our confidence never really wavered but it does feel good to get a win going into the conference tournament."
On making the two free throws to give the Wave a 2 point lead with 4 seconds left
"I just told myself that we got to win this game. I stepped up, took my time, and knocked them down."
Head coach Dave Dickerson
On breaking the slide
"Im just proud of our team and especially our seniors for having the fortitude, toughness, and character to stick with it. I've seen a lot of teams that would have quit."
"Hats off to our seniors. We're not where we are as a program without those three guys."
On the team's response to East Carolina's hot shooting
"They (ECU) made 12 threes and Jenkins was playing lights out. But our guys were determined not to lose this game. Dave (Gomez) came to the bench one time and said we're not going to lose this game."
On the play of the frontcourt
"The strength of our team are those guys up front. They continued to play like they have all season. Dave and Donnie delivered tonight but Kevin (Sims) and Eric (Vianney) played incredibly well."
On back to back winning seasons
"What I'm trying to do here at Tulane is raise the bar for the entire program. We have a chance to be good if we do certain things the right way."
"We have to start some way. First back to back winning seasons in a decade. I'm disappointed that we lost 8 games in a row but this is the best I've felt in a long, long time."
On looking ahead to the conference tournament
"This win should give us great confidence going into the tournament. We've had classic games against both UTEP and Tulsa and there are some things we can draw on from both of those games. March Madness is an entirely different beast and we have to re-invent ourselves in order to be ready to play either of those teams"
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I think they play Marshall in the first round
you're right..we were going to play either UTEP or Tulsa based on the standings at that moment.
To be honest, it's probably better that they play Marshall in the first round, although winning on Saturday also meant having to face Memphis is the second round.
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