You could tell that Kentucky had the bit in their mouth and we didn’t. They were out to win the basketball game.

My guess is if we win all three games, we’d still have some work to do. But if you win all three games, you certainly are going to be in better shape than you are...

There’s no ceiling for this team. They can go as high as they’re willing to put effort into and prepare. I’m not going to sit here and say they’ve got one more game in them...

We’re certainly struggling for points right now.

We did not play as smart as you have to play playing a top 25 team, suffice to say. You’ve got to play smart and you’ve got to play well on every possession. You cannot...

Very, very difficult loss for our team as you might imagine. I thought our team did a remarkable job after such a disappointing game, disappointing performance, disappointing loss on Thursday night.

I told the guys that when you’re 5 years old, 10 years old, you dream about playing on a Sunday afternoon in a conference tournament. They dream about that. To have a chance to do...

I asked them to chisel it down and we did. Right now we need to get back home and correct and get ready for our game with Florida in Gainesville Wednesday.

What he did here certainly deserves recognition. I don’t think there’s any honor greater than being acknowledged for your contributions by your peers, particularly those you played with and played for.

That took a big chunk out of their offense and their ability just to play in rhythm. But you have to take the breaks as they come.

Our team feels very badly right now. They’ve given so much and really don’t have a lot to show for it.

I can just tell you there was nobody I recruited more. Nobody knew his high school coach more. Nobody had him on his campus more. Nobody offered him sooner. Why he went out of state,...

To be able to come back and play like that in the second half I think speaks volumes about where our club is right now. They still believe that they can play well, they believe...

Our team played really hard and really well at the SEC Tournament. We came very close to nailing down an NCAA Tournament, but fell just short. I hope that our fans will respond as our...

Not much of a concern right now because Georgia looms large for us. Nothing I can do about that.

That’s a beginning, not an end. You take what you can get when you get it.

Sam Young is the guy who turned the game with his offensive rebounding.

Sam Young was the difference in the game.

Disappointed may not be a strong enough word.

The doctors are on top of it. I fully expect him to be OK and to play. If not, we’ll adjust as any good team would.

To get back here and play in the world’s greatest arena, this late in the season, for a university and a team who have a great deal of pride, it means an awful lot.

Not only is (Day) shooting the ball well and scoring well, his defense has improved and he is more vocal and more confident. I think he is not only growing as a player, he is...

I’m excited, pleased, happy, motivated, and want to do well up there again.

Sam Young is the guy that turned the game with his offensive rebounding. He really was a big factor in the game.

I don’t know how to explain it, particularly in light of the fact that we lost nine straight times to them coming into the season.

They’ve got two trophies. They’ve got two championships to end their career on. Rocky has been with us two years, and he’s two-for-two. You can’t do any better than that.

When you put down goals that you have and things that you want to do and things that you want to accomplish, that was not something that we put down and said we’re going to...

That was a big one for them last night.

There’s only so much you can do about it.

In the end, it comes down to you have to play good in the games.

Unfortunately, Noah’s size and arm length and sense for the game, and he’s got a great sense for the game, won out. He was there when the ball was deflected or missed and put it...

We’re much better than two weeks ago, and the reason is hard work. We’re not doing anything strategically different; we just doing it better.

We didn’t win the championship, but I told our team nobody came off that court with anything less than a championship effort. That’s what you really want. And our kids gave a championship effort.

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.

Two practices in a row is hard for him because of the swelling. We’re trying to move him along somewhat incrementally in hopes that we can get a whole season out of him.

It was a senior night.

Sparks plays extremely well on the road, particularly in big games. We’ve got to be wary of that.

We’re really right where we were at most of the year. The difference being, when trouble comes, and it will, we don’t have a bench to go to if the trouble lurks in the post....

We didn’t play bad the first half. We just did not shoot well. When you don’t shoot well, you don’t look good.

There is a sense of urgency with me, with our staff and our team. I can’t say it any more clear than that — urgent as in now. Let’s do it now. Urgent is not...

It was no secret who was going to get the ball, unless Pat Riley showed up.

Nobody wants his legacy to be: ‘He was a great NIT coach.

I’m not going to sit here and say they’ve got one more game in them, or two more, or whatever.

Sometimes you can force it to move along, sometimes you can’t. What you’ve got to do is keep coaching, keep loving and keep kicking. You keep doing those three things, and eventually it will work...

It was a difficult day for us. We never got in sync offensively. We never got out of the box offensively at all.

We’re going to play everything we’ve got to try and win one game. I’ll figure out something else for the second one. I hope that’s a problem that I have no answer for. I hope...

We couldn’t play any better tonight than we played. You can always do something better, but given it’s a championship-level game against truly one of the great coaches and he’s playing in his hometown, to...

We’re probably not catching them at a great time, but our guys want to win too.

If not for golf that day, I don’t know if he’d of known about us wanting to do that.

Only Tubby knows where that’s headed. We’ve got to prepare for their whole roster and nobody has the kind of depth they have. They can roll through five until they find something that works.