72 ordspråk av Kevin Stallings
Kevin Stallings
I think there have been some teams that played better than some expected. I think Florida and Tennessee would fall into that category. Georgia has played very well, too, so I think there are a lot of teams that have surpassed expectations.
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I told the guys after the game that I was happiest that they weren't surprised. I could feel a very high level of confidence in that room. It's OK if they're surprised about the big win, but I'm happy they're not.
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I was fine with how we ran our offense, and I was fine with how we played defense. We turned it over a few more than our average. Tennessee is good at making you do that.
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I was not happy at halftime. Our defensive play was sloppy, and I thought we did much better in the second half.
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I was very pleased to see our guys bounce back today with the effort and energy, especially with how they played with in the first half. It was one of those games where anything can happen after the devastation we felt on Wednesday night. A team with less character would not show up to play.
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I wouldn't say we're carrying the banner for the SEC, but we're doing our part. Florida has been the team that's jumped up and said, 'Hey, look at us.' That's not us. But we like where we are.
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I'm not surprised at all. Some people want to pick us to be down, but it never seems like we are.
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I've been saying our team has been playing good basketball. We just don't have a lot to show for it.
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In some ways this game felt the game at our place only in reverse. We kind of had the game won a couple different times in Nashville and somehow found a way to not to finish the job. It seemed like they had this one a couple times.
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It gives a tremendous advantage to mid-major programs. Having coached at a good mid-major school [Illinois State], I can tell you there are a lot more good road wins on that level.
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It is important to note this is not a suspension and not basketball related. This is a temporary leave of absence for medical reasons.
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It kind of came down to the fact our leading scorer was nowhere what we needed him to be in order to give us a chance to win on either end. He wasn't very good on offense and he was less than that on defense, unfortunately.
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It was a great game, obviously. I'm proud of our players. Guys with lesser character would have been too down to show up to play or would have panicked when things were going against us.
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It was a tale of two halves. We had a chance in the first half to grab control of the game and we didn't finish.
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It was a tale of two halves. We had a chance to grab control of the game and we didn't finish the first half well. We kind of let them off the hook a little bit. They came out and dominated the second half. They overpowered us inside.
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