We did not have a good day. It just gives you a bad feeling as a coach when your team, mentally, is not where it needs to be.

We had a season-low four turnovers, which is unheard of this time of year.

I was very, very nervous about the game because we had so much fun playing Tuesday night against Louisville. Fun as in we won in a kind of loose fashion. I said one thing that...

Sam Young had six offensive rebounds, four of which I know were put back by him.

When you look at our season, it was a season that was filled with just about everything. We had several highs and at least an equal number of disappointments and a lot in between.

It depends on your offense. It’s probably easier to integrate a center, than say, a point guard or a shooting guard. And getting the playing time he did as a freshman last year should be...

With Florida, we are facing a team, and I say team underlined. They are, in the truest sense, a real team.

That’s not my decision. I’m always interested in what’s best for this program.

That’s where we are and what we’re going to deal with. We’ll do our job.

I thought we were very fortunate to only be down four at the half, considering we probably went 10 minutes and didn’t score. I felt like we could win it. It was a difficult game...

I don’t know that our team rivals that, and I certainly don’t rival him, but the accomplishment remains the same. We did win two back-to-back and for that I am thankful and very, very proud.

What that really did was open the door for us to go to the smaller lineup, which was death for (S.C. State).

He’s one of top freshmen in our league.

Primarily, the result represents what was best for college basketball at this time. It ensures we will continue to have an undisputed national champion every year, and at same time be able to preserve the...

He’s going to bring a large dose of energy to Kentucky at the right time. He’s an excellent post player, probably one of the best in the league.

I’m sure there’ll be some type of argument from somebody, but I can’t think of a team that needed a win more than ours did anywhere in the country.

We had an opportunity to win the game, we really did. We just didn’t get it done.

I told the guys if it’s throwback weekend, let’s throwback all the way. That didn’t go over too well.

People would be foolish to go to sleep on the big ‘Cats. They are a dangerous basketball team, particularly when they are mad or when their coach is mad, which I’m sure Tubby (Smith) is....

I didn’t realize it’s been that long. If we can do that, it would be pretty special.

We needed a shakeup; we needed a change; we needed a different slant. I thought our team had a chance to win the game. I really did.

I would think that the committee would certainly look at that and say that South Carolina has done well and deserves a chance to be part of this new format. I don’t think it would...

I think most veteran coaches (and) most fans understand that it is easier to create a tournament atmosphere, a basketball-like atmosphere in a building that is made for basketball. The spaciousness of the domes (creates)...

I’d rather not play him one game and have him the rest of the year than take a chance on playing him when he’s not fully recovered. That’s probably the direction we’re going to go.

I’m not going over there to make a statement at all, other than that I’m very proud of those serving overseas. We have elected officials who I know make decisions with great care, and I...

Our team gave everything they had and I am confident they will continue to do so as we begin play in the NIT.

I wouldn’t argue with anybody that said they were.

I wanted to give him the opportunity to share whatever feelings he had with our team. One of the things about our team is they feel nobody cares, or very few people care. He did,...

I can’t think of a team that needed that type win more than ours did anywhere in the country tonight. It’s one of those deals where you just feel like you’re capable of doing something...

Any team that goes into the NIT goes into it with something to prove. It’s not always, ‘We should’ve been in the NCAA Tournament.’ Sometimes you try to prove you’re better than what you’ve shown...

I’m not going to give him up easily.

We had what we wanted. I don’t know what happened; he just lost the ball off his foot.

We obviously took some 3s, no question about that. Probably no more than we should have, but we didn’t feel our inside game was going very well today. We did get some penetration off the...

As I look back on that game, I really think that it took a lot out of us it continued to serve as an anchor over the course of the rest of the season.

I don’t think I’ll hear anybody say, ‘Coach, we’ve been there and done that,’ but it might be thought of. Our season was an NIT season up to (the tournament).

I’ve done all I could do today to try to relieve some of the pressure that we have to win. When it’s not fun, we don’t play well. We had fun today.

It always comes back to you need to get to the NCAA Tournament and you need to play for the national championship. That does not demean this at all.

(His) play is on the rise. He’s doing things now — in addition to shooting the ball — that we’ve been trying to get him to do for a year and a half.

The beauty of basketball is that you do have conference tournaments to retain some lost glory. But you’re going to know pretty well, going into Wednesday, what you’re faced with.

Well, obviously our team played very well. I think both teams played really well. For the third game in a row, we opened with a deficit. Guys kept their poise and composure. Came back, tied...

It is strange playing Kentucky at this time of year with similar records. Their record is better than ours, but they are more similar than in recent years. The game is being played with meaning...

As proud as I am of his accomplishments, and nobody could be prouder, I am more proud that the most fun he has is with me, sitting in my den with my wife and I,...

Ole Miss is a better basketball team because they have better players. They have greater depth, are quicker in faster in all areas. They haven’t changed in terms of their style of play, they are...

If you don’t enjoy participating in games like this, either you don’t have a pulse or you don’t know what you’re doing or you should be doing something else. I’ve been checked on all three...

They hurt, but you’re so ever close to being where you want to be. But I don’t care how bad I hurt, I try not to bring that to the locker room or the gym....

We make no apologies about being here. We look at it as a special opportunity and we’re excited about it.

There is no league that can refurbish its rosters as quickly as this league, and I think the coaches have done that once again. The Southeast is as talent-laden as there is in the country....

We shot the ball well at Kentucky, the team rose to the occasion. The Florida game will be different – we will be playing at home and hopefully our fans will respond like the Kentucky...

Is our team down? Yes. As a matter of fact, I can tell you I’d be disappointed if they weren’t. That’s part of what I do, I deal with that kind of thing.

It wasn’t lack of effort. We tried hard, But we were out of sync for whatever reason.