Kevin Willard quote book: Xavier

On Seton Hall's performance being a letdown:
"I don't think there was a letdown. Watching Xavier play on Saturday against Providence, I just knew we were going to be in for a really physical game, and I was a little surprised with how we came out not understanding how physical they were playing, and that goes all on me."

On Seton Hall's final possession and his intentions for Myles Powell:
"They had ten team fouls, so I tried to get them to rip through or go with a step-back, maybe a ball fake, something like that. Naji (Marshall) did a great job on him all night, you gotta give him credit."

On defending Xavier's Tyrique Jones:
"I think the biggest difference was Tyrique didn't really score on the low post. I think he scored on two post moves, but for the most part, he scored most of -- he had two offensive rebounds for dunks and he had two dribble penetrations for dunks. I think Sandro (Mamukelashvili) did a really good job early in the second half of battling, getting him off the paint, but I thought we did a little bit better job of trying to keep guys in front of us in the second half."

On Saturday's matchup vs. St. John's, and its challenges:
"Our last four, every one's a challenge. There's no easy nights in this conference, and we've got a tough road ahead of us and we've got to bounce back."

On Shavar Reynolds shooting on Seton Hall's final possession instead of Powell:
"I'd rather have Myles shoot it."

On Seton Hall's interior play:
"I thought Sandro and Mike (Nzei) really battled. i thought the second half was much better, I thought the first half was not very good."

On Seton Hall's sluggish first half, and any explanation:
"Offensively, we were doing pretty good. I think they had 20 points, we had 18, but we can't give up 47 percent on field goal defense. That's just not who we are."

On Nzei and his health:
"He's fine."

On whether or not Seton Hall can learn from Wednesday's loss:
"We're in late February. We've got to move on and get ready for St. John's."