Final Four Pre Game Speech

Allllrightthen, here we go.  I'll tell you, I loved last year's Final Four because of the position we were in.  I loved coming in as an underdog.  Guess what?  I think the same thing is happening again at this Final Four.  In the press conference yesterday all the questions I got this year were about how well Portland is playing and about how we're struggling.  well, I can play that tune.  I went right along with them.  But I was thinking that if you people had seen the second half of our quarter-final game against Penn State, you pinheads!, you'd have known that we out shot them 9-1.  Where the hell have you been?  I didn't deliver any of that to the media because I know what we can do, and if right now they have written us off, then I want to show everyone what this team can do out there on the field tonight because I tell you, when you guys play your best you are devastating.  You are frigging inspirational.  You play through your hearts with extraordinary passion, and our opponents know that if they don't bring it, you guys are going to humiliate them.

    In the press conference I thought one of Portland's players talked about their confidence with a little too much confidence.  You know what I mean?  They think they're on a roll and they think that we're collapsing.  They think we're toast.  They think they can grind it out.  Let them try to grind it out with us for ninety minutes. We are professional grinders.  Everybody's talking about all of their great players, but do they have our personalities all of the field?  I don't think so.  I think we have great weapons and we need to bring them to bear.  We have something to prove.  The media doesn't think we're going to play.  Portland doesn't think we're going to play.  I think we're going to play: Are you with me?

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