Stags report: Notes, quotes

March 27, 2008
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Notes, quotes · Strategy and personnel · Getting inside

FINAL RECORD
14-16, 11-7 MAAC, T-5 in league and losers in the first round of the tournament as the No. 5 seed.

WHAT WENT RIGHT
The latter stages of the season saw Fairfield charge toward the finish with seven straight wins, as the players grasped what coach Ed Cooley wanted them to do.

WHAT WENT WRONG
The end. Again. Fairfield lost to Loyola in the first round of the MAAC tournament for the second straight year, leaving Cooley without a postseason win as a head coach.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"I'm really disappointed with the way the season ended. I thought coming down the stretch we were playing really well, well enough to at least win a game in the tournament. And I liked the matchup against Loyola." -- Fairfield coach Ed Cooley, on the end of his team's season.