Georgia was fighting for their lives. They wanted to get to the NIT. I think a .500 record is enough (for that), but they may feel they need a few more wins. |
Going to Rupp and playing in a nationally televised game on CBS is a great opportunity for us. I know our kids are real excited about it. |
Green had turned the corner and would have had a good look in the lane. |
Hard to win on the road when it's 33-to-9 at the line. Hard to win when you think you do a good job on defense and they end up with three free throws. |
He has to bounce back, be competitive and tough. He has to know he will never be perfect. The coaches aren't perfect. That was a hard play. |
He is a handful. Chris has played very well in most of their big games. I feel in some ways that I've got one of the best defensive centers in the country in my team in Steven Hill. I know Chris is going to be hard to stop, but he's going to face a kid that relishes defense, relishes shot blocking, relishes shutting somebody down. And if he (Chris) does well, it's going to be because he earned it. |
He still knows and we know that there are areas of his game that he can continue to improve on, whether it is his perimeter shooting, whether it's getting stronger or whether it is his defending. But I think the biggest thing Ronnie is looking at is that this kid is a winner. He wants to go to the Final Four and win a [Southeastern Conference] Championship. |
He tends to be in the right place at the right time. That's a typical Vincent practice, but when you don't get minutes you sometimes don't get into a rhythm. But he knew we needed him today. |
He wants to play in the NBA. He knows that's a big part of his future. In order to do that the rule was specifically made for guys like him, guys who aren't really considered in that realm of a first-round draft pick. Ronnie is going to make sure he doesn't do anything to jeopardize his ability. |
He was all over the place. So active. He's really helping our basketball team. |
He was cutting and moving, and he was hard to guard. Give his teammates some credit too for knowing that he had a hot hand and riding him out. We just jumped on his back. |
He's always been one of our best free throw shooters. What he has is a very solid routine that he sticks to and is very consistent. |
He's healthier than he's been. He'll help us against zone. |
Here is what I liked -- we rebounded and defended our butts off the whole game. We didn't make shots in the first half and that frustrated us. I wasn't concerned. I knew we'd come back in the second half. I just told our players that our (14,734) fans deserved a good performance. |
Hey, we held them to 37-percent shooting -- that's great defense. You can say we didn't defend the 3, but about four were with 1 second, 2 seconds, left on the shot clock, guys on them and they get it off, and it goes in. |