A lot of veterans back from an experienced team last year. Obviously I know when you have an experienced team like that what kind of damage they can do in the tournament. |
All of our energy and focus is now on the 2007 class. |
Any time you beat a team like Florida, it looks good on your résumé. |
As for a pure point guard, there is a picture of Ronald Steele in the dictionary. He can turn it on and turn it off, and he never turns it off at a bad time. He finds ways during the game to rest himself and when it's time at the end of the game to take it over, he's still got the gas in his tank. |
Auburn is a difficult team to play because they have so many different defenses. We wanted to make sure we had a high energy level. I thought we responded pretty well in the second half. |
Awesome! Somebody is looking over us. We never gave up. One of the best games I've ever been a part of. The fans were incredible. |
Charles doesn't care if the game is physical. But some guys respond differently. I thought after our practices last Friday and Saturday that Hill and Townes were ready to play like All-Americans. That's what I expected to see Sunday, but it didn't happen. |
Every win we can get is very important. |
Everybody's real excited about not only being in the tournament, but going to Dallas. I think it's a great spot for us to be in a lot of fans in the Dallas area. We've already played one game there. |
Everybody's situation is different. If Tim Duncan stayed in school another four years it didn't matter what Tim Duncan did his senior season. I think there are some guys that are NBA guys... I think Ronnie is definitely a guy who could play in the NBA. It doesn't matter if he stays or whether he goes. |
For 39:30 we outplayed them and had the game in hand. It's a game that set us back. |
Gary has been a positive influence. He always simulates the other team's point guard in practice, and in many cases he's a better player. |
Georgia is a better team maybe than we saw today. I think their guards are going to rise. They still have the possibility of the NIT [UGA is 15-14 overall] in hand. |
Georgia is a very aggressive team, and we had to be careful not to get out of our rhythm. At halftime I encouraged our guys to have more patience if the transition (opportunity) wasn't there. But our defense really picked up in the second half and created some offense for us. |
Georgia is the leading team in the SEC, in conference play, in steals. We have to be smart. We need to rebound the ball, get a good running game going and get stops on defense. |