Jaguars report: Notes, quotes

March 25, 2008
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Notes, quotes · Strategy and personnel · Getting inside

FINAL RECORD
26-7, 16-2, first place in conference.

WHAT WENT RIGHT
Coach Ronnie Arrow came in with six new players and inherited only two seniors, but the Jaguars pulled together, finished 4-1 against teams that made the NCAA Tournament, won the Sun Belt regular-season title and earned an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament.

WHAT WENT WRONG
After a 13-game winning streak, the Jags lost some of their momentum late in the season with losses at North Texas and Middle Tennessee and a semifinal loss to Middle Tennessee in the Sun Belt tournament before getting blown out by Butler in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"Let me just say this: There is no doubt in my mind after this game before the game, during the game, we deserved to be in this tournament. I know some things have been said about our team. I don't think that once the committee gets the 65 teams in it that anything should be said. You shouldn't knock any teams that make it to this tournament. The committee goes by a criteria. If you're going to knock something, knock the criteria, change the criteria for getting into the tournament. ... Everything that we did during this game is not going to spoil the year for us. We were 4-1 against teams in this tournament; we were 3-2 against top 50 teams. I think we were 5-3 against top-100 teams. ... There's no doubt in my mind, we deserved to be in it. I'm just sorry that -- there will be a lot of them probably say, 'Well, we said so.' But that doesn't bother me." -- South Alabama coach Ronnie Arrow.