The game against Alabama will certainly be a challenge for us. We've been struggling shooting the ball and rebounding. If we're not on top of our game, we're going to have a very long night like we've had lately. |
The game plan was to try to wear them down, fatigue them. The pressure that we were placing on them, it's sort of cumulative, not something that happens during the stretch. |
The game plan was to wear them down, fatigue them. |
The kid who really hurt us was Mike Henderson. We just couldn't contain him. |
The spread offense plays to his strength, which is putting the ball on the floor. Our offense is allowing him to thrive. |
The tournament gives us another opportunity to regroup. |
Their bench concerns me. They have great athleticism, speed, and their ability to turn you over is something that you have to be aware of. We've had our share of problems taking care of the basketball. |
Their expectations are that coach wants us to come in here and play to our potential, take care of the basketball. I think it's taken some of the pressure off some of our sophomore starters. |
There are so many weapons on their team. It will take an extraordinary effort on our part to compete. |
There's no reason for him to take it all on himself. He's been a bright spot. He's done great things and won some games. But one guy does not win or lose a game. It is the team. I am sure he felt more affected (over not starting) than anybody. He's probably our best player and best athlete. But he handled it the right way. |
They came ready to play. They outplayed us and outworked us in a lot of areas. |
They executed their game plan really well. Spread the floor well and take care of the ball. And they hit some big, big shots. |
They gave us a lot of energy and effort. They didn't make a lot of mistakes defensively. That's what we needed. |
They have guards that are very talented. They have athletic forwards that we have a hard time matching up with. They have players that can get on a roll, and they did that last year when they beat us. |
They showed they are capable of beating anyone at any given time, especially us. |