LSU, Alabama and Arkansas are big, physical and athletic. Add Oklahoma State and Memphis -- there are our five losses. |
March Madness has begun and we are very pleased to have won and advanced. I know this would have been hard for you (the media) to have not characterized it as an upset if we gotten beat, but we beat a very good basketball team. We played well. It was all we could do to win. |
Mississippi State's been to four straight NCAA (tournaments) and (had) four straight winning seasons, so we look at this as a big win for our program. Road wins are wins that separate you in league play. |
My wife normally packs my suits, and the next time we go to Florida or a place that's pretty hot and humid we'll wear a darker suit for sure. It doesn't bother me at all. We're working hard, and as long as we get out of there with a great win I don't care how I looked. |
Obviously, the (SEC) Tournament means more to the teams that have a chance to play their way into the (NCAA) Tournament. But I like tournament play. It creates excitement, but the big picture is the Big Dance. |
Obviously, the [SEC] Tournament means more to the teams that have a chance to play their way into the [NCAA] Tournament. But I like tournament play. It creates excitement, but the big picture is the Big Dance. |
Of course it was Bradshaw. Who else? Who else would make the play to win the game? |
Our problem has been practicing due to our depth. I thought with our turnovers, we weren't sharp. It's hard to practice with seven (scholarship) guys. |
People that have been around Tennessee basketball said it was one of the best environments they have ever seen. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the support. |
Regardless of the effectiveness of his play, he needs to play with passion the entire time. There were times where he wasn't very effective that it also affected his intensity. That won't happen to my team. |
Right now we're focused on trying to win the East. We know what a task that is. We take it one at a time. (But) we talk about seeding because you want to give your kids confidence and get them to thinking along those lines. |
Rodney Carney is a great player, and we lost him a bunch of times, and that was the key. |
Saturday will be a great time in the SEC. It'll be as good an atmosphere as there will be anywhere in the country. ... We look forward to the opportunity. |
She didn't tell me when to wear it, but she just gave it to me today so I wore it on the first day. I wasn't sure it had any many wins left in it after all the wins she's had. |
Some search committees are saying, 'Who's out there that's the next Bruce Pearl?' Gregg Marshall is one of those guys. So it's kind of dangerous. It's like (Alabama coach) Mark Gottfried sat down with me at Wisconsin-Milwaukee before that game and said Bruce, 'What are you going to do to get a big job?' And I said, 'Beat you!' Probably the same thing with Gregg Marshall. |