Right now so much changes, there are so many games going on, and different things happen during the course of the year. So much of your RPI is affected on the teams that you play, how they do against somebody else, how all those things happen. |
Right now Tennessee and LSU on both sides are the teams that have been the most consistent. |
Right now, Tennessee is a team that's in control of its destiny. |
Rondo is one of the smartest point guards there is. |
Self-inflicted wounds, you know. It was all just self-inflicted. |
Self-inflicted wounds. All just self-inflicted. We contributed to them getting back in the game with our mental errors. |
Self-inflicted wounds. I knew it was going to be this kind of a game. I told our team we're going to have to grind it out and win ugly. |
So much of it right now has nothing to do with the talent level. It has to do with their makeup. It has to do with what they're about. |
Someone told me his comments after the game was he put blame on himself. That's wrong. If anything I hold myself more accountable than I would hold him. The only thing I told him in that situation is not get ahead of himself and say, I probably should have called time out. That's probably what we needed to do. But hopefully next time he'll be able to learn. |
Sometimes it's crazy what these games come down to. It's a play here, a bounce of the ball there. I've been on both sides of it. |
Sometimes there's things that are out of your control in these games. |
Sometimes when you lose, a player has to evaluate himself. I think that's what Al did. |
Sometimes when you win, people think it's all easy. Our guys have had to grind out games. Our guys have had to find ways to make plays in games. |
Sometimes, guys get it; sometimes, they don't. |
Sometimes, in the NCAA Tournament, the best team doesn't always win. Sometimes it's the hottest team or the luck of the bounce or a shot going in or something happens. Why not give every kid an opportunity to create some type of magic for themselves? |