(Sunday) was amazing. We upset LSU, but in contrast to that victory, there were about 20,000 people in the arena (Sunday) essentially cheering against you. ... It was my first time (beating Tennessee) and only the second time in program history. So you can imagine what that felt like for all of us. We beat two potential (NCAA) No.1 seeds, and we beat Tennessee on their home floor. That's huge. Not a lot of teams can say that. |
(The turnovers) were horrific, definitely. But we won. That's the most important point. However we get it done, we get it done. But we know we can't do it again and have the same result. |
Coach always tells us it's not necessarily the team with the best players but the best team that wins. I think tonight you saw that. We don't have McDonald's All-Americans. We don't have All-Americans. |
I don't really know if I'll be able to sleep tonight. I'll be honest. This is awesome for the program and awesome for the senior class. We beat a top-five team. |
I know there was no doubt in my mind that I was going to [make] it. I just walked up there like it was just shooting a free throw in practice. |
I think realistically our goal is to finish .500 (in the conference). At the same moment, I don't think there's a doubt in anyone's mind we can run the table in the rest of these games. Even though we play LSU and Tennessee, just watching film on them, they're very beatable. |
I think, as a class, we've definitely grown closer. We've gone through ups and downs, and I think in some ways that's brought us even more together. We've sort of been there for each other over the last four years. |
I'm not going to lie, we sat down at the beginning of the season, and we set a goal for ourselves. That goal was to reach the NCAA Tournament and finish top-five in the SEC. |
It was fun to watch where we were going and not if we were going. |
It's also in our favor that Arkansas and Vanderbilt have tougher schedules. |
It's awesome. I don't know if I'll be able to go to sleep tonight. |
It's been a remarkable year for us. It hasn't been perfect. But it's at the point now where I wish I had another year so I could make it as positive and as energetic as it has been this year. |
It's easy to get fired up for the big-time teams where you're clearly an underdog. We came out flat against teams we were supposed to beat and paid for it. I think we've gotten confidence from our big wins and learned from our ugly losses. |
It's going to be a new focus and a new energy from us. In the postseason every game is a championship. |
It's the SEC. You can't take a day off and you can't slack off and that shows. Against South Carolina and Auburn (both double-digit losses) we didn't have that same intensity as we did against Tennessee and LSU. You have to come out ready to go on game day. If you don't you're going to lose. |