Quick Hits....

“There’s no doubt about it that it’s crossed the line. The amount of times where I’m standing up there and we may have a 10-point lead and the spread is 11 and people are yelling at me to leave the guys in so that we can cover the spread, it’s ridiculous" -- Cavaliers head coach J.B. Bickerstaff on the impact of sports betting (YAHOO SPORTS, 3/21).

"My belief and hope is that by doing what I did and the timing of it, they would play inspired, and that's what they did. I'm not trying to pat myself on the back, but it worked" -- Long Beach State AD Bobby Smitheran on firing men's basketball head coach Dan Monson last week prior to the Big West Tournament, which the team then won to secure a bid in the NCAA Tournament (ESPN.com, 3/21).