Big 12 Tournament: Quotables

Quotables:

“I’m not sure, but as of right now I am. I’ll sit down with Coach (Jeff) Capel and have conversations about certain things. That’s going to determine what I’m going to do. Pretty much right now I am.” – freshman point guard Tommy Mason-Griffin, on whether he will return to OU next season

“There was one NBA player on that floor tonight. That was (Oklahoma State’s) James Anderson. It’s an insult to players in the NBA for anyone on our team to be … for anyone to think that those guys are NBA players right now.”– Capel, on whether Mason-Griffin and freshman forward Tiny Gallon should declare early for the NBA Draft

“They played their butts off, and many kids would have quit after the three weeks they had (losing seven straight).” – Texas Tech coach Pat Knight on his team’s effort in an 80-68 loss Thursday to Kansas

 ”Pass.” — Kansas coach Bill Self, when asked to make some opening comments during his post-game interview session, which drew laughter

“We don’t care what comes out of the stands. We know there will be a lot of Jayhawks in here, but we’ve become a pretty good road team down the stretch.” – Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon, who played at KU and faces the Jayhawks on Friday in a 6 p.m. semifinal