Darrel Mitchell Quotations

My freshman year, he was a tough cookie. I would just sit back and watch him and laugh, and I don't think he would like that.

Glen just stepped up and carried us today.

He made some big plays for those guys. He did a nice job.

He's a character. In practice he's cracking jokes all the time to get us going. When we're going in practice, if somebody fouls him he'll exaggerate it and make all kinds of noise. It's just simple stuff like that that makes us laugh. He's a big, great guy.

He knew he was going to get doubled the way he did in Gainesville.

I think we should go into the tournament pretty healthy. My ankle is pretty much back to normal, and Tyrus should be back to normal once we get there. So I think we'll be all right. Even though we lost, it's a good thing that we get some extra days rest rather than playing Sunday. We have a little bit more time to prepare for this trip.

I think he's done a tremendous job working with the freshmen on this team from day one. For him to be that calm with a lot of young guys, it just shows the respect he has for them. From my first year, he's improved each year.

We played as well as could be expected. We been struggling. We just don't have that fight in us anymore. Seems like if we don't hit the shot we don't want to play defense.

When Glen hit the 3, that was the turning point.

Without Darnell, we wouldn't be sitting up here.

That's what leaders do. They step up and make big plays.

It was really unexplainable. When I saw it go in, I saw we had a couple of seconds left, so I couldn't get as emotional as I wanted to.

That stayed with me all night. Then it was pretty much over.

I've just been hyped up the last three games after I had that bad start in the SEC. I felt real good tonight. It was probably the best since I've been here.

It's tough guarding guys who are 6-6 that can handle the ball, but that's what the league is coming to. A lot of them are so good, you kind of forget about (how tall they are) when you start playing.

They hit us quick like they did in the first half.

It's really unexplainable. I saw it go in and I couldn't get emotional as I wanted to because we still had three seconds and the game wasn't over, but it was great.

Their team is very guard-oriented. Smart defense is going to be the key.

I'm just glad I have him on my team. He takes up a lot of space, at times of the game he has three guys on him so he's a load in the middle.

I really didn't know what the play was. I really didn't hear it.

Being 7-0 is real, real good. I haven't been on this side of the fence since high school. I don't have an explanation for the last few games. I've just had a couple of great games.

I don't know if it's funny, but it's shocking. Normally at this time of year, all everybody is talking about is football. Fortunately for us, it's our turn to shine this time.

I don't know if it's funny, but it's shocking.

He's made a drastic change since my freshman year. My freshman year he was a tough cookie. He would say things you wouldn't expect a coach to say.

He basically carried us on his shoulders. He showed up big for us and he's just a special guy.