Dietric Slater Quotations

We knew we were going to beat Ole Miss. They came on the court talking, but we knew better.

We knew they were going to make runs. They've got great 3-point shooters. All of the sudden, it's up to 20 points.

We thought we could win. We started executing, slowed it down, got on a little run. Then we couldn't stop them from scoring.

I didn't want to come out of the game.

From the background we've had, we're not used to losing. But we see the progress. We see it turning around.

It is kind of shaky for us right now. We really don't know what to expect. But we got to find something to do (to win). Fast.

We pretty much got tired of it. Because (Sharpe) can play, and he's good. But he can't keep doing this all the time.

This won't be a habit for us. It's over. It's done. All that losing ended today.

We should've played like that from the jump.

We wanted to show him we can play a little defense, too.

We just wanted to keep the lead and not give them the chance to take the lead.

You either act right, or we just tell Coach he has to let you go. He promised us he was going to act right, be on time, and he has been to practice, meetings.

We could've won that game. That makes it easier to deal with, knowing that.

They always seem to put us on TV when we play (Alabama). They probably think we're going to lose by 49 again. But man, we got to hang in there.

Coach was so mad, he didn't even fuss at us. We were ashamed at ourselves.

They knocked down shots, open shots, with somebody in their face, with time running down. They knocked down all kinds of shots.

They were talking so much on the court, too, and we wanted to shut them up. They were like, 'You're going to lose, it's going to be like last time.' We didn't quite think it was going to be like that. But we didn't want to tell them, we wanted to show them.

I hope this ain't the lineup for the rest of the season. I can't be holding down 4 men (power forwards). I'm too little. There will probably be more changes by Saturday.

I had to take care of the basketball and not force things. When it's there, take it. When it's not, pass it out.

I don't think most of us are mentally ready (for the NIT). The mindset is 'it's over, let's just work on next year.' I'm ok with that.

All games are big, but you could tell this one was going to be a little bigger. They (Ole Miss) were out there talking about how they had already beaten us and all of that. Not this time.