We always get better in practice because we have four strong, physical guys. It's got to be real hard to play against.
We really don't like each other when we're practicing.
I have been through a lot of them. But everything is different. We all have a bigger role.
He used to destroy us the whole year.
Heck of a play by a heck of a player. I've played against him four years and he's been doing that for four years.
I wouldn't say Anthony whipped him, but he taught him. You're defending Anthony Roberson every day, and there's probably no better scorer that's come through this program than Peep. When you're defending him every day, you have no choice but to get better.
I would say they have their own style. They have a bunch of older guys, guys my age. They're going to know what they're doing. They've been around.
I went into the Tournament thinking that each game could be my last, but these guys have extended my career.
It feels good to contribute, but if feels even better winning. As long as we come out with the win, I'm happy.
You just have to go in there and just play. When you go in, your team is counting on you, especially in a critical situation. You have to go in there and perform to your ability not to let the team down.
The past means nothing. It really doesn't matter until you get out there and play.
We defend, we rebound, we play unselfishly, we do whatever it takes to win. We have a great energy level, high-intensity guys.
We still haven't been blown out. We're right in the thick of things.
Confidence is never a problem. We're a very good basketball team. We know what we need to correct to make things happen.
Earlier in the year, that's how they beat us, being more physical than we were. That was an emphasis in practice this week, that we weren't going to be pushed around; that we could be just as physical as they were. It worked.
You're going to ask the same thing, but go ahead.
You never can count Kentucky out for dead. I don't care if they go 0-10 in the SEC, they're still going to make the tournament and they're still going to do well in the tournament because that's Kentucky. They're fighters and scrappers with a lot of heart.
It was a wake-up call. A good loss.
It's a quick turnaround. You've got to think quick, move quick and forget things quick. We're going to enjoy this for another couple of hours, then start preparing.
It's already behind us. Other people dwell on it more than we do.
It's been two extremes for me over the last five years. Whenever we lost early on in the tournament, the feeling has been one of infinite sadness. Now I feel euphoria and infinite happiness. This is a great feeling because it always feels good when you win.
It was a heck of a play by a heck of a player.
Instead of going one-on-one against us, teams are now going one-on-five.
He's still the same intense, passionate dude about the game of basketball that he's always been. In that aspect, I don't think coach is going to mellow at all.
He's impossible to guard. He can do so many things. He really is the key for us.