Big East Con Call Quotes & Notes

PITT COACH JAMIE DIXON ON HIS TEAM BEING NO. 1

I don’t think it puts more pressure on us. It brings a sense of awareness to our players — it has to. We’ve talked about our ranking being two things: It can be a distraction or serve as motivation. We’ve really vowed to limit our distractions this year and find anything that comes upon us as motivation.

NOTRE DAME COACH MIKE BREY

ON PREPARING FOR SATURDAY’S GAME WITH SETON HALL:

Now we prepare for a Seton Hall team that can come after us like St. John’s came after us. They come after you and are physical with you defensively.

I think their kids play so hard and they’re so quick. They want to create chaos with their defense. You have to be careful handling the ball.

I think Bobby does a magnificent job with eight guys and keeping them fresh and rotating them through there.

I’m really impressed with Jeremy Hazell. There ‘s no question he’s an NBA prospect. He’s a young guy right now. He’s getting better in their system and anybody who can put numbers quickly on the board like that is going to catch somebody’s eye on the next level.”