Rick Stansbury Team Quotations

For the first time all year long, that team whipped us.

Our team is not very good right now. It's been one thing after another with us. There's no magical speeches after that game.

I said two weeks ago they are the best team in the country.

We're going to play a very good team that has one of the best front courts in this league. It won't be very easy for us.

LSU is the team to beat in the entire SEC, not just in the West. ... As long as they stay healthy and avoid an injury, they're as good as anybody around.

This is a difficult thing we're going through. We're not used to this. The kids can very easily get down, quit working and have attitudes, but this team didn't do it. We took a very good Ole Miss team tonight and did something to them that no one's done to them.

It's obvious, you can't turn the basketball over as much as we did and beat a quality team like LSU.

There's no team in the country, anywhere, that a coach got their kids to play harder than Rod Barnes did.

This is a totally different team, so there is no reason to remember. This team was not part of that. That has nothing to do with us playing over there (tonight).

They are one of the hottest teams in America. I don't think anybody expected them to be where they are right now.

We've had to regroup in the past. The difference between that is we're having to regroup with a young team. It's not like we're sitting around with a team that has expectations, or a team that has experience. You're going to get better in some areas, but I know it's going to be hard.

I don't get into the streak that much. I think that's more for you guys in the media, and the fans. It's all game to game, year to year. Different teams. We're a totally different team than we've had in the past.

That's where the game was. That little run they went on they showed their maturity, we showed our immaturity. You've got no chance on the road against a quality team when you can't have some poise in those situations.

It's an important year for him, and I'm glad to see his team do well, believe it or not. To win every game every year, that's not going to happen. ... We've had a lot of success against them.

Our teams will turn it over. You just hope they don't lead to baskets.

I was proud of our team's effort. The Florida basketball team presents many problems.

He's a load. They've gained some experience in the last two years, and Curtis is a presence. We're still a team in progress. Our cohesiveness is not where it needs to be, this time of the year.

South Carolina's the one team that probably handled us easier than anybody all year long. They took it to us in Columbia three weeks ago. They're a very experienced team. We've got to be ready.

South Carolina is the one team that really thumped us. No question, we'll play a lot better than the first time we played them.