Richard Hendrix Quotations

We felt like even though we were down, the game was still ours. Even down to the last shot, we thought we'd cruise into the next round. Unfortunately, things didn't work out that way.

I didn't watch it. You never really want to cheer for Florida in situations like that, but we really knew we couldn't take the chance of another team slipping in there and taking the automatic bid and taking away from our chances.

We talked as a team the other night, mostly about having to step up. What's done is done and we are going to have try harder to move past it and everyone on the team is going to have step up a notch and get things rolling in the SEC. Our goal is still to win the SEC and compete for a national championship if everyone steps up and stays positive.

It doesn't matter who we're playing or what side of the bracket we're in.

That was just hard work. We know they're a physical team but our strength is rebounding, too.

We have something to prove. That might be the frame of mind we have. we might be one of the best teams in the tournament, and coming off an upsetting loss last weekend, Saturday.

We have a versatile game, also. We can slow it down and play a half-court game or we can run and have fun just like the rest of them.

We have a chance to correct the mistakes and get the win.

Every time a team comes in our place, we expect to win. We don't really try to look at rankings. We come in here and we expect to win every game. We did that today.

Every time we got them in the paint, we felt that was a strong point. We wanted to keep going at them.

I've seen him get hot before, but nothing like that.

It's kind of cool; I expected it to be a lot warmer. But other than that, it's very nice.

It's a goal that we never really took out of our minds. We definitely think we are an NCAA team, but our record now hasn't been showing it.

It kind of woke us up. It got the crowd into it and it also got us into it. We kind of decided it's time to play now, and that's what we did.

It's big-time. It'll do a lot for our confidence. Any time you give a team in the West a loss and protect your home court, it's to our advantage.

It seemed to be a night where the ball never bounced our way.

Arkansas was a really good team when they came in here and played us in Tuscaloosa earlier this year and they've only gotten better. But I believe we are a different team now, too. We've grown and we've gotten a little bit better.

I'm going to have to step up my game. On the rebounding, it just seemed like the ball didn't bounce my way. But we'll improve.

I like playing with him because he's such a calm player. You never see him get rattled. Your point guard's got to be in control, and I think he's one of the best in the country.

I kind of felt like, maybe it's not as easy as I thought it would be or I'm not as good as I thought I was. Once I kind of got into the role where I got a good amount of minutes, I realized I could do everything I thought I could do.

I'll be back. If I don't see myself as a person who's going to get drafted and get drafted high, I'm not going to leave.

I just tried to clear my mind from the last game and just relax. We had two pretty days outside.

I just tried to play with as much energy as I could, and tried to fly around the court and get rebounds. They went with a smaller lineup, which I guess allowed me to get a few rebounds.