From the press conference when he was hired:

"The year after was my senior year and the assistant coach came in and did the exact same thing and said, "Hey, this year the road is to Albuquerque -- everything we do is to get there," and we ended up in Albuquerque playing for the National Championship. I think every college basketball program in the country sets that goal at the beginning of the year. Those are things that our players will understand. It's a great opportunity. I promise you that I will not be the one to tell them that we can't do it. That's the attitude that we'll take every year. We'll start practice every day trying to get to the city where the National Championship will be played."