Tre Kelley Quotations

We can do all the drills in the world, but we have to apply it in the game. We look so good in practice doing them, then we come out in the game and it's not the same. ... We have to rebound. We have to box out on every play. We have to do the little things.

We felt like we should've beat them, but we just lost focus. Tonight we had more focus. It was the same game plan. There really wasn't a point where we lost it.

We know what we can do. The confidence is already there. We haven't been as good as we are. We haven't shown our abilities. But we will.

I was struggling the last few games with my shooting, but it didn't feel off. So, tonight I concentrated and had my feet set and was able to hit the shots.

I don't think it was fatigue. They just rimmed out, hit the back of the rim. When we really needed shots in the end, guys stepped up and made key shots.

From the outside (people) probably think this is an upset all over again. It just happened, we're not a good team, we just came in and played good basketball, it wasn't Florida's night. People will say we won two games over them, but if we played them again it wouldn't be like that.

The (people on) the outside probably think this was an upset. They may think that we aren't a good team. But we just came in and played some good basketball.

There are a lot of smiles at practices. The coaches are even making jokes.

I was able to get a couple of steps on my defender a couple of times, and I tried to take advantage of that.

I was just playing my game. I was coming out and doing everything I could do to help my teammates.

We didn't come here to play one or two games. We came here to win the championship.

We played all 40 minutes of that basketball game. We held them.

We believed the whole time we could beat these types of teams. We're not coming out just to play. We're coming out to win basketball games.

To think back on those games that we have lost, the close games, it hurts you. It hurts you to know what we could do better. We put so much work into it and then come into the game and just have a mental breakdown offensively and defensively. We just want to scream.

We could've played a high-school team tonight and been jazzed up.

Every time we made a run, I made a bad play. We couldn't get control of our offense because I didn't have control of the team. I didn't do my job out there and that reflected on the whole basketball team. I take full responsibility. Those guys were counting on me, and I didn't come through.

It would have sounded crazy to people outside of this basketball team, but we believed. We didn't come here to play one or two games. We came to win a championship.

I've agreed with that since I've been here. I've looked back at the last couple of years, and I've had flaws in my game, whether that's defense or getting more physical. I'm going to definitely have to show these guys who the man is.

Same old story, same old story. We just can't get it. It's crazy. It's so frustrating. It's frustrating to the high degree, to be out there knowing we can win and coming out on the losing end all the time.

Some people may go out and think, oh this isn't a good team, so they get lackadaisical. We know we have a good team, though. We have to keep the mindset this is a good team.

It was quiet in the locker room, but it wasn't down. Everybody had confidence in us getting that win.

It's all about believing in your team, believing in each other, believing in your program. We have done that. We're just believing.

I told the guys, we didn't deserve to win games then. Now, I think we do.

It's the same old story. We just can't seem to find it down the stretch. We always seem to have a mental lapse.

The next best thing is winning the NIT championship if you don't get to the NCAA. There's only two teams that win their last game ? and we're one of them for the last two years and that says a lot. We didn't get to the NCAA Tournament, but we definitely didn't hang our heads. We had some veterans, some leaders ... to tell these guys, 'Man, we're here to win it.' And we did.

You think about 20-win seasons. Since I've been here, we've had two. It's so frustrating you can't explain it.

It's something you just can't forget. I believe in God and everything, man. But I just can't. Maybe I'm wrong. But I just can't.

I've got something to show this year. I've got something to really prove. I think I will earn respect this year. It's that time to step up and be that player I can be. I have to be ready to step into that role. They're depending on me to be the leader this year. I have to show those qualities of being a leader.

I knew I could take him. He went for one move, and I got past him.

I kind of lost it for a second because of the call. But we were playing so well, there wasn't any use for me to go over there and pout. I just stayed in the game.

I played a horrible game. I should take total responsibility of the game. Every time we got a run I think I made a bad play. We couldn't really get control of our offense because I wasn't controlling the team. I didn't do my job. Those guys were really counting on me (and) I didn't come through for them.

I don't really worry about the guy I'm facing. I know he's a good point guard. But it's all about what I do out there. He has to guard me also.

He's yelling, but he's yelling with excitement and with a smile on his face. There's no way for us to go in there (to games) tight. He'll have a smile on his face the whole practice, almost. He's slapping fives, stuff he doesn't do during the regular season.

I feel I'm a lot better shooter than I've showed you guys in the last couple years.

I could feel him shaking a little bit.

All the goals we play on this year are 10 feet. We can't think about different places that we play in. It's the same court, 94 feet.