He was a great player in high school. Texas did a great job recruiting him. |
He was like a hockey goal-tender. We had difficulty getting things over, around or through him. |
He was like a hockey goaltender. |
He's a good player, but he seems to light up when he sees us. He's like a dagger in our hearts every time we play Clemson. |
He's an outstanding player. He's a threat to get a double-double every time out. He is especially relentless on the glass. |
He's just a tremendous presence. He has terrific hands, and as effective as he is in the low post, he's just as effective off the lane, at the elbow. He really has a great capacity to drive the basketball. And every time a shot goes up on either end of the floor, he has a claim to it. |
He's sore. We only got limited minutes from him the other night. Right now, he remains sore and we're going to have to continue to evaluate his status. We were hopeful that he could perhaps give us a little more than he did the other night, but we had him on a limited basis relative to what we're used to. He's not going to practice today (Friday) and he didn't practice yesterday. Since he hurt himself against Florida State, he has not practiced at all. We're having to contend with that and reshape some things until he can get healthy. We'll continue to evaluate how he feels and hope for the best. |
He's truly on one of those guys who plays to the point where you've got to take him out of the game, because he's given you everything he has. |
I can't compare games. I thought our team played great basketball. Our guys have nothing to be ashamed of. Our guys competed really hard and played really well. I want them to feel good about themselves. |
I don't know how mental it is. They were better tonight. They were a better team than we were last year as well. |
I don't know if the offense helps build chemistry or chemistry helps build the offense. It's kind of like the chicken and the egg. |
I don't personally know Tyler, but it would just seem to me that he has a tremendous mindset and a great mental approach to the game. I've really been impressed with the way he presents himself and competes consistently. |
I don't think we played with the kind of effort that we needed to have. I don't have any idea (why). |
I kind of played Ping Pong in my mind with what to do. |
I really don't have much to add at this point. We'll continue to evaluate him on a daily basis and hope for the best. |