I don’t think we’re afraid of anybody. Our team will never quit. We’re anxious to see where we stand.

I’ll tell you what, the most important thing was we found a way to win, and it wasn’t handed to us, we earned it.

Jason Forte really wanted to win this game. I thought he willed us to win.

We’ve done that (jumped to early leads), but then teams bear down on us and that’s what Marshall did. We’re not ready to win a game like that yet and Marshall made the plays down...

He’s buying into our program and how he should play the game, and that’s promising. He was very contentious early on, and he still has his moments, but he’s learning.

What really set us back was that he really showed a lot of leadership, … Not the talent. The experience and leadership that he was in position to give us. That’s where it hurt the...

We’re obviously not there yet. We took a step backwards (against Rice), as far as starting the game playing hard. It all comes back to me. I have to get this program to consistently play...

I thought we could have been in this game and could have played with them.

I’ve always been a firm believer that we could find quality athletes within the state of Mississippi and be extremely successful. I think we did that this season by signing players who we believe are...

That was game, set, match right there. That part of the game murdered us. The biggest thing is they got second opportunity after second opportunity, turnovers and points off turnovers.

That’s the fastest team I’ve ever coached against. They might eventually be ranked No. 1. I didn’t think the game was won by 17 points; I thought it was closer. I think that if we...

Beasley was sick and probably should not have played. But he did and that was huge.

Obviously, we’re not there yet. We took a step backwards (Wednesday), as far as playing hard, and that all comes back to the coach.

This was a mismatch. We could play them 100 times, and we’d never beat them one time. We just wouldn’t. That’s just the way it is.

He was the leading scorer on a 2-14 team. Not knocking Rashaad, but this program is going to be just fine with or without (him).

When you don’t score, you don’t look good that’s all there is to it. We didn’t score, and we didn’t look good.

The rock bottom is he has personal issues to deal with,

He’s a great guy and he has made progress.

None of those guys have been in a setting like the FedEx Forum. It will be a learning experience and they will step up.

We put more thought in our defense. That led to some easy baskets and that was reflected in the box score.

I had a feeling – and I tried to guard against it after the Tulsa game and all the way up to tip-off – that we were kind of satisfied about where we were. I...