Asking Siena Coach Fran McCaffery what it will be like to see this senior class leave and the what next year’s class will bring:

I’ve never coached a game at Siena that he (Hasbrouck) didn’t start in. So it will be new foreign territory for me. But what I told the players after the game was he set the standard for how you work and how you prepare. And I think when you look at the junior class mark that you mentioned, the reason that they play with the intensity level and the determination that you just witnessed is because of the great senior leadership that we got from Kenny and from Josh Duell. So the standard has been set, and our intention, of course, is to keep the program moving forward. That said, we know it’s not easy. It’s not easy to win a regular season championship, a tournament championship, and to get back here. But we know what it’s like. We know what a phenomenal experience it is, and that gives you the incentive that you need to continue to prepare to get better and to reach your potential. We have a great recruiting class coming in, and I have great expectation for our team next year.

And Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino‘s opening statement to the media:

Well, first I want to congratulate Siena. What I told our guys before the game is that Siena could compete in the Big East, be in the top half of the league, and I really meant it in watching them. … I said, guys, they’re not going to go away. I said they’ve played Tennessee, Oklahoma State, Kansas on the road. They’re not going away. And they didn’t, obviously. And they made some big defensive plays by slapping down and coming up with steals. And we could say it was our carelessness with the ball, but it was more their great plays. And you gotta give them all the credit in the world. … A lot of people said you press and this and that. And we knew our press was not going to create a lot of turnovers tonight. We wanted to wear them out so they didn’t shoot the ball well. But I wasn’t sure about our team. When people asked me how good they were, I couldn’t answer it honestly when we were down 4 and we had to make big plays offensively and we had to make big rebounds defensively. … I’m proud of them and my respect level for Siena was extremely high before the game, and it hasn’t changed. They’re a great basketball team.