Coach said it's a mental thing, but it really does (affect you). Even Roby (Richard, CU guard, 15 points, 6-of-18 shooting) told me that he gets winded.

There's a debate out there about who the best team in the conference is. This team is trying to prove it's us.

I think it's great. We did get off to a bad start, but we showed some toughness by winning 12 of our last 13 games. We are a young team and not many people expected much out of us. We just try to go out there and play hard every day, and it paid off in the end.

They are taking it real tough. Everybody is mad. Jeremy Case is real mad. (Christian) Moody ... the seniors are real devastated about the loss.

I have that down pat. I can shoot it over a big guy. The only way to stop it is to keep me from getting that close in.

They were really overemphasizing jumping on my right hand. They were trying to force me to go left. Kentucky tried it, but I was still able to get around it. I can go both ways, but I like going to my right hand. My left is a little weak.