In his presser with a reporter he obviously is quite familiar with...
Q. Jim, how do you think the NCAA tournament committee is going to assess --
COACH BOEHEIM: No comment.
Q. With you being out?
COACH BOEHEIM: No comment. It's up to them. I don't know what they're going to do. You don't know. I've heard you say it many times. You don't know what they're going to do and I don't either.
Q. (No microphone.)
COACH BOEHEIM: I don't know. I'm not on the committee. Every coach in the country that's got any kind of record thinks they should get in the tournament. What do you want me to say? They're going to have to evaluate what we've done based on all the circumstances and make a decision.
He later said the following:
Q. The NCAA tournament.
COACH BOEHEIM: I thought, and I'm not talking about me, I've always thought the NCAA committee was not the infractions committee, I thought it was the NCAA basketball committee. I thought it's their job to pick the best teams for the tournament.
I have read where some people think we should be punished by the basketball committee as well. I think we've had our punishment. I don't think we should now be punished by the basketball committee. We've gotten pretty heavy punishments.
The players on this team didn't do anything wrong, were not involved in anything. They should be evaluated on how well they played when they played their best. That's the only thing that I think should happen. We should be evaluated on what kind of team we are.
I think everybody has their own opinions. The chairman of the committee said a coach not being there can be taken like a player not being there. How much is that important? I don't know. How much is that taken into consideration? I don't know.
I know we've beaten four teams in the top 30 or 35 in the country. We've beaten eight teams in the top 100. If there's teams better than that, so be it. We'll see what happens.
Q. Jim, how do you think the NCAA tournament committee is going to assess --
COACH BOEHEIM: No comment.
Q. With you being out?
COACH BOEHEIM: No comment. It's up to them. I don't know what they're going to do. You don't know. I've heard you say it many times. You don't know what they're going to do and I don't either.
Q. (No microphone.)
COACH BOEHEIM: I don't know. I'm not on the committee. Every coach in the country that's got any kind of record thinks they should get in the tournament. What do you want me to say? They're going to have to evaluate what we've done based on all the circumstances and make a decision.
He later said the following:
Q. The NCAA tournament.
COACH BOEHEIM: I thought, and I'm not talking about me, I've always thought the NCAA committee was not the infractions committee, I thought it was the NCAA basketball committee. I thought it's their job to pick the best teams for the tournament.
I have read where some people think we should be punished by the basketball committee as well. I think we've had our punishment. I don't think we should now be punished by the basketball committee. We've gotten pretty heavy punishments.
The players on this team didn't do anything wrong, were not involved in anything. They should be evaluated on how well they played when they played their best. That's the only thing that I think should happen. We should be evaluated on what kind of team we are.
I think everybody has their own opinions. The chairman of the committee said a coach not being there can be taken like a player not being there. How much is that important? I don't know. How much is that taken into consideration? I don't know.
I know we've beaten four teams in the top 30 or 35 in the country. We've beaten eight teams in the top 100. If there's teams better than that, so be it. We'll see what happens.
