To average 34 points in a Chicago public school league, which has great competition, speaks highly of his ability.

I’m not going to crucify a kid for speeding.

He tends to be in the right place at the right time. That’s a typical Vincent practice, but when you don’t get minutes you sometimes don’t get into a rhythm. But he knew we needed...

I like our chances. I always thought all this team was missing was one big win, and we got that marquee win over Florida to turn things around.

There are some tough guys on this team. They’re definitely getting there as far as physical play. It’s bothered me that we haven’t had that persona, but our inside guys are maturing. Rebounding is a...

It’s just one of those games that it’s hard to get out of your mind. More importantly, for 40 minutes we were focused on Auburn and we didn’t worry about that.

They’re playing with more confidence and playing the kind of basketball Kentucky’s been known to play.

Kentucky is starting to play at the level everyone thought that they could play.

If we didn’t know the definition of adversity before, I’m sure we know it now. (The loss) was tough to swallow.

I don’t think people clearly understand how good our league is. We’re the third-ranked conference in the country. We just aren’t top-heavy. There’s not someone that looks like a Final Four team right now, but...

You want to win that battle of the possessions. We’ve been good at being pretty stingy with the ball.

We talked about how much the game hurt, but we don’t want it to break their confidence. The next couple of days we have to find out how hungry we are. Are they going to...

They don’t do a lot of different things, but the things they do, they do very well.

When [our big guys] are involved, they are more assertive, but we never got them involved in the offense.

It’s scary because he moves around well, he’s got great hands and great feet and he’s doing a lot of things because Bass isn’t there anymore. More things are happening for Davis and he’s responding.

I think it will be a big boost. We dug ourselves a hole, so psychologically you get to 6-5 and win two in a row, winning is contagious.

We still have to be a very hungry team. We are in a good position, but things change week to week.

Everybody’s situation is different. If Tim Duncan stayed in school another four years it didn’t matter what Tim Duncan did his senior season. I think there are some guys that are NBA guys… I think...

Part of his growing process is he’s got to learn to play through sickness and illness. I expect him to be 30 percent better by [today ] anyway, but he’s got to learn to play...

I really don?t know what Tubby told them at halftime. But that certainly was a different team in the second half.

They’ve had some similar situations that we’ve had. They’ve had some close games that didn’t go their way.

I thought Vincent was huge for us off the bench. He gave us a nice lift. He gave us momentum when he first came in the game.

Hey, we held them to 37-percent shooting — that’s great defense. You can say we didn’t defend the 3, but about four were with 1 second, 2 seconds, left on the shot clock, guys on...

We had a hard time guarding them at times. We were a little bit lax in with our attention to [Lee] Humphrey. He really torched us.

It’s important for us to protect home. I know I say that a lot, but it is important. We have 14 (SEC) games left, but this is the most important one.

Steven always guards the other team’s best front-court player. He relishes that role. But he’s got to defend without getting in foul trouble.

Kentucky is definitely starting to play at the level we all expected. A lot of it has to do with Randolph being more in sync with his teammates and them with him. You can see...

They play at a much higher level at home. I have to make sure our players understand that and that we’re prepared for that.

Awesome! Somebody is looking over us. We never gave up. One of the best games I’ve ever been a part of. The fans were incredible.

McNaughton is a handful. I’ve got one of the best defensive centers in the country and I hope he doesn’t get in any kind of foul trouble. He relishes shutting someone down. He’s going to...

I’ve got to find them more minutes and get them more involved. They are both tough – Sean with his ability to make shots and Cyrus with his ability to get rebounds.

That was a big play. I remember it because it was right underneath our basket and he threw it out of there. I wish he could have kept it in play, but we’ll take the...

I’m not paying the money. I understand the safety factor. We try, we have a good system in place, but there is only so much you can do. A win against a top-ranked team, at...

That’s kind of typical (for UK), that unexpected guy who steps up and plays well.

We’ve had some tough breaks go against us. And yet, I know my team is still fighting and fighting and fighting. We’re much improved. We’re a better basketball team.

We’re finding a way to win at the end of games. We’ve been locking up on defense, making more plays at the end.

We won?t have to worry about presses any more.

I’ve got this old Piston mentality of how they played in the old days and how they play now. Sometimes when those shots aren’t falling, you can just grind out a win, just tough it...

We’re definitely looking at Georgia and not the SEC Tournament. We’d like to get to 10 wins in the conference and be in double figures.

When you don?t block out on free throws and have the ball knocked away from you late in the game, it?s tough. You have to be aware of who is around you. We made too...

We’re probably a little bit behind where we thought we’d be, and we’ve got to play some catch-up. We’ve got this week right now to make Arkansas better, and that’s what we’re going to do.

We just haven’t had the consistent play at that spot and it’s been something that’s hindered us, especially late in the game, in terms of having a guy who is comfortable and confident down the...

It’s a little bit of a monkey off my back and the same thing for the team. We really haven’t shown well when we’ve been here. We wanted it not just for that reason –...

There’s nothing like having all these young men on our campus and letting them see how great our facilities are, how great the area is and just what all Arkansas has to offer. We love...

Sean can help us with his shooting and Cyrus with his rebounding, and both can do other things. I’m just glad our freshmen can be our fifth, sixth or seventh options and not our first...

I really don’t know what Tubby told them at halftime, but they were a completely different team.

I don?t think Sean shot the ball the way he can. He?s going to improve the 3-point area we were a little bit weak in this year.

It would be a big boost. We lost the first two and dug ourselves a hole. Winning is contagious. We want to get on a contagious winning streak as we go down the stretch.

That’s when the game turned.

It’s not going to be easy. They’re a very good basketball team, got a lot of discipline. … But I’m not sure, at the same time, they’ve really faced especially in the last 14 games...