“The beauty of it is when society as a whole rewards them with the luxury of being able to do what they want to do” - Stephen A. Smith says Jay Wright’s retirement is a beautiful day for the sport
“How are we going to replace Jay Wright in terms of leadership with the future of college basketball?” - Seth Greenberg says Jay Wright’s retirement is a sad day for college basketball
“What is happening with college basketball? What is happening to the sport I love so much?” - Jay Williams says his mouth dropped to the floor after the news of Jay Wright’s retirement
“He still has talent that he can be used at a really high level” - Coach K on pulling a ‘Tom Brady’ and coming back from retirement, says he’s done with coaching
“They came out like bats out of hell…they just showed you what Kansas is all about” - Stephen A. Smith on Kansas’ mentality that led to the second-half comeback in the NCAA tournament final
“They had a chance to put their foot on their necks, and they allowed Kansas to stay in the ball game” - Shannon Sharpe says North Carolina ‘blew it’ in the NCAA tournament final
Watch: Ochai Agbaji does the "raise the roof" celebration in David McCormack's honor as the stars explode for 21 and 25 points in Kansas' Final 4 win vs Villanova
Watch: "You're playing for the national championship! The best is yet to come!" - Kansas coach Bill Self rallies his team after beating Villanova in Final Four of March Madness
“They rose up and propped me up, I’m forever grateful to this particular group of men” - Kansas coach Bill Self on his team helping him cope with the loss of his father
“Bill Belichick, you think about Nick Saban, Phil Jackson, he’s in that upper echelon of conversations with number 6” - Jay Williams on Coach K’s "last hoorah" ahead of his 100th game vs UNC
“Has Mike Krzyzewski’s career been on the line in any previous Final Four?” - Brian Hamilton believes the storylines make this Final 4 the best we’ve seen for a while
“Kevin said 'I was watching that, and it looked just like mine'” - Jay Wright reveals that Kevin Durant contacted Justin Moore after the latter’s Achilles injury
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