Quick Hits....

"If the Big East was going to set it up before the tournament started, this is what you wanted" – Notre Dame C Jack Cooley, on the final men's Big East basketball tournament featuring semifinal matchups of Syracuse-Georgetown and Louisville-Notre Dame (NJ.com, 3/14).

"We are not going to get into at this point naming anybody specifically. The coalition is growing every day. We expect it will get larger" – Sacramento attorney Patrick Soluri, who is part of a group that is questioning the validity of public funding for a downtown arena project (SACRAMENTO BEE, 3/15).

"They sounded complimentary and it looked like he was kind of acknowledging my ability to drive a car, so that was kind" – NASCAR driver Danica Patrick, on F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone referencing Patrick in comments earlier this week about his series possibly having a female driver in the next couple of years (FOXSPORTS.com, 3/15).