Both of us need a win, basically. Both of us had an off night last (game). |
Both teams were short of bodies -- not a lot of depth, but with a lot of heart. |
Boy, I'll tell you, that's amazing shooting. |
Carlos led by example, but he also led by his voice. He was demanding. He brought his personality every night. And he demanded that everybody else do the same thing. Do we have somebody on our team who can do that? Probably not. |
Charles Rhodes is the best-kept secret in the league. He is big and strong and took on Auburn's whole front line. This is an important game and we will play as best we can. |
Disappointed may not be a strong enough word. |
Discouraged is not a good word. Disappointed is probably not strong enough. I really thought we'd play well today. Discouraged? No. Disappointed? Extremely. |
During my 26 years of college coaching, I have had the opportunity to experience exciting games played in great arenas across the country. Capacity crowds cheering for their teams in 'fan-friendly' arenas are what made those atmospheres special. No doubt, The Colonial Center is among the best in all of college basketball ... the place to be for every Gamecock fan! |
Dwayne's pass across court, that's when I felt we would win it. Getting that (ball) out of harm's way, I felt we had it then. |
Every coach makes a schedule that they think is right for their team. I've always believed that the fans deserve a good schedule, and I think to be the kind of program that Carolina fans want, we've got to play a demanding schedule with some national powers mixed in. |
First thing, we need some rest. I've always felt like you're not in a tournament until you win your first game. We're in. Now there's something to talk about. |
For once, we came out of the locker room in the second half and played liked we wanted to win the basketball game. But at one point, we decided we had played well long enough and reverted back to some old habits. |
For teams like ours, it begins with the conference tournament. If we don't get past that, we're not going to be there. |
For whatever reason, against us it's always easy to shoot 3-point shots in last four minutes of the game when you're down double figures. I don't know why that is. |
He clearly was our best defender on the perimeter last year. I expect nothing less than that this season. |