A couple of more minutes of solid basketball and we're talking about the Sweet 16. |
Both games, they were right there with us. Just because you beat a team twice during the regular season doesn't mean they're the same team. |
Coach gets his point across. Major will be fine. It's not just on him. It's on everybody. |
Coach is not afraid to crack a joke in the huddle with 30 seconds left. There's just something about it, it's hard to explain. But there's a feeling that even if we're down with 40 seconds to play, we're going to find a way to win. |
Coach Pearl was telling me about a game versus Wisconsin he had. He said that was one of the few leads he's lost in his coaching career. We're picking up on the coaches' mentality, and it's starting to become contagious around here. |
Even when we had a double-digit lead, it felt like we were a little sloppy. We weren't playing to the best of our ability and it came back to haunt us. But give Arkansas credit. It was a matter of Arkansas wanting it more. |
Even when we started to get a double-digit lead, we were still playing a little sloppy, and they were getting some easy buckets. We've got to step up and bring the energy every game if we want to be champions. |
Hold on, we've got to see this. |
I didn't even realize I did it twice until someone pulled me aside and told me. |
I got a little tight. |
I haven't been around a locker room that silent and depressed in a long time. You really don't take much good out of this. But maybe it's good we have this feeling right now, because we can't have it again if we want to go deep in the (NCAA) Tournament. |
I know I wouldn't trade him for anybody else in the league. You can't count all the things he does to make everybody else around him look better. |
I still feel I have something to prove. I just want to continue to take advantage of the opportunities I have. |
I think we had three defensive rebounds in the first half, which is unheard of. We had (41) points at halftime, so we were on pace offensively. Obviously, though, the whole key was defense and a lot of easy, open looks for them. I'm sure it's going to be ugly on film. |
I think we were in a position where we had them where we wanted them. I guess we just didn't execute. I'm not sure really what happened. |