Our guys needed to be taught why we were losing, what was causing them to lose. I wanted them to see this is what we're giving up, and we're losing in overtime, we're losing by two or three points. Imagine if we shore this up, how good we can be. |
Our guys were prepared and knew Sheldon was a good 3-point shooter. But I think there was a lack of respect for the 3-point line tonight by our guys. |
Our kids just kept battling and playing hard. I mean, to win a championship game and not even get to 50 points is truly remarkable. |
Our margin for error is small. We are not more talented than any team we play against. |
Our options are getting smaller and slimmer. |
Our options are getting smaller and slimmer. We've got to make due with what we've got. We've had some things we've had to deal with. |
Our schedule has been balanced. There are generally times when you have to play those guaranteed games. You wonder what it does to the mindset of your players, but we've played on the road at Providence and Miami and up in New York against Syracuse and Wake Forest. I think we've been tested. |
Our starters didn't play a lot of minutes, and it was good to see us score as many points as we did with those guys not playing. For our team right now, playing this midweek game before getting back into the (Southeastern) conference at Tennessee (Saturday) was good for us. |
Our team battled through the adversity of the game. They battled through not shooting the ball, and we found a way, defensively, to win the game. |
Part of it is youthfulness, but the one thing about the kids is that they're in every game. |
Playing at a neutral site, you can throw all of the seeds out the window. |
Playing hard and playing passionately isn't good enough to win. |
Probably behind me. Seriously, both of them are as good and have had as good a career as any guards who have ever played in that league, and you can take all the guards who have played in that league, from Allen Iverson [Georgetown] to Pearl Washington [Syracuse] to Mark Jackson [St. John's]. |
Probably what changed my mind more so than anything else was when I met with (Florida athletic director) Jeremy Foley. In that meeting, it was very, very clear that he understood where things were at, and he understood what needed to happen to try to turn the program. |
Quite honestly, I'm not concerned about that. I'm more worried about making sure that this team understands what's a good shot, what's a bad shot, going into the season. |