Those are great for our basketball team. You hate to lose them. But our team has to go through this before they can reach their potential. |
Those guys, being seniors, they know how to rest during a game. We had to make them guard to make them uncomfortable on the offensive end. |
Those three losses, to be honest, I felt pretty encouraged. I just didn't want our guys to get down. I wanted them to see 'Hey listen, this is what we're giving up, and we're losing in overtime and losing by 2 to 3 points. Imagine if we shore this up, how good we can be.' That was kind of the message I tried to give them during that time. |
To me, he's involved in every aspect of their offense. He can score off the dribble and he's gotten better at finding his own shot. And he's probably as good as any point guard in this league in terms of knowing when to shoot, when not to shoot, when to go inside and when to pull it out. |
To start this tournament over again, I may not be sitting up here. It is a one-shot game, one-shot deal. Sometimes the best teams don't always advance on in the NCAA Tournament. This team, starting the season, I felt had all the team makeup (to go far). They were unselfish and they wanted to win. |
Tonight happened to be one of his nights. We become a very difficult team when he shoots like that. |
Tonight was about consecutive stops, and we guarded the 3-point line. If you want to look back and go to a key thing of why we lost three games in a row, check the 3-point line ... that's why we lost. |
Tonight, we won because of our defense and they didn't shoot the ball particularly well. I would say it was a combination, that we did at times challenge their shots, and there were maybe also some shots they just didn't knock down. |
Two More Years! Oh, but of course. |
We all deal with issues and challenges. This is a game where we needed different people to step up. |
We allowed him to do what he does well, and that's shoot the basketball. [If] we force him to make all twos, we probably win the game. |
We are a different team. I don't know if it's a better or what it is, but it's different and it's different roles. |
We are trying to build tradition. Kentucky's the one that has the tradition and we are trying to get there. |
We could have had potentially seven or eight first-round draft picks in our league right now. |
We could have prevented them from storming the floor at Arkansas, you know? Win the game. We could have prevented them from storming the floor at Tennessee. Win the game. . . . The only thing I would be concerned about is the safety of our guys. |