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...

It would have been really hard to be 0-3 at this particular time, no doubt about it. They were tense. They wanted those last two wins and we didn’t get them. But this team now,...

We’ve been very consistent. No team has shot over 40 percent against us in conference play. We were right on our average here in the first half, and then they shellacked that in the second...

He was cutting and moving, and he was hard to guard. Give his teammates some credit too for knowing that he had a hot hand and riding him out. We just jumped on his back.

It’s a big game for both teams. It seems to be that way for everybody in the conference. I like the way we’re playing. We’re doing a great job defensively, and being able to guard...

We will have our hands full.

We want to continue to play well and hopefully win on the road. From now on, there are no more home games and all games are on the road.

We’ve got to work on his lower body strength.

I was proud of my guys Saturday on a number of levels. Our kids played hard, they played tough but most of all they finished.

Our league is very strong. It’s better than it was in November and December. Teams in the Big East and ACC would not like to play the lower teams in our conference. I hear people...

They switched some things, and we didn’t read the switches very well. We just made an inadvertent pass.

I’m looking for consistency. I’m looking for solid production — and that doesn’t necessarily mean scoring.

It’s an important, important game for both basketball teams. Both teams are coming off good wins that helped us both in a big way, and to continue that momentum for us would be real important....

I felt like we had done enough that we were going to be in, but it’s always good to see your name on that board. I really didn’t want to wait till the end of...

To have a player of Patrick’s ability available this late in the game is rare. We are very excited about him joining our team. He’s an exciting player. He plays hard on both ends of...

Gary has been a positive influence. He always simulates the other team’s point guard in practice, and in many cases he’s a better player.

I was really proud of the way we closed out each half.

When you start getting single-digit turnover numbers, that’s phenomenal, especially since we’re doing it by committee at point guard. We’re doing it by committee, but we’re getting it done.

It’s just maturity. Those two players have had a great relationship, but they’re learning how to complement each other. It makes both of them better, and we want to ride that horse a while longer.

That kid, if his team is in first place or on national TV all the time — or if he’s playing with a Duke uniform on — they’re talking about this kid being a lottery...

I don?t think it?s an upset either way. When you are paired up eight and nine, you are truly the two teams the NCAA Committee feels are balanced in terms of matching up that first...

I knew we had lost two games by not very much, but played hard doing it. I told the guys I wanted them to play hard, but I also told them to have fun.

When you see Randolph Morris with 19 points and eight rebounds, that’s a great performance for him. Kentucky is starting to play at the level everybody in the league and everybody around the country knew...

I think if we can win a game like this, we should be in the NCAA Tournament. That should take us over the hump.