Stanford Head Coach Mike Montgomery"This wasn't very pretty, but we still won by 26 points. We were forced to do some things because they were fairly big and strong with good athletes. We've got some work to do to get ready for tomorrow night. Santa Clara historically is well-coached, disciplined, and their players play extremely hard. They have some good size and no doubt they will be well prepared. This should be a good game."
"I thought our shot selection was good, however, we missed 11 shots point-blank in the first half. We lacked some energy, but we'll be ready to go tomorrow night."
Fordham Coach Bob Hill"I think Stanford is a good team but we just didn't play well tonight. We missed too many wide open lay-ups and you can't afford to do that against a team as good as Stanford."
"Coming into the game I was worried about Stanford's size and I think they intimated our guys a little. It obviously shows in the rebounding margin. And it didn't help us when our big guys got into foul trouble early in the game. But again, we have to make those wide open lay-ups. Duke Freeman-McKamey had a wide open dunk on our first possession and missed it and that set that tone for the rest of the half."
"The bottom line is we didn't shoot well and we can't win unless we do."