Ramel Bradley Quotations

We were bouncing around before the game. We were pumped. After the meeting we had everybody was on the same page. We had a better idea of what everybody needed, and we were able to push each other.

I would say he helped. We could all be honest about the things we wanted to get out.

I would say he helped just by us talking. Just by us being honest about the things we wanted to get out and put on the table.

If we can get down there and contain him, we can definitely get a win.

From the team standpoint, this is Kentucky, and we are not used to being second to anyone. It's definitely different.

Today I was just feeling it, and they were going down for me.

He's giving everybody an opportunity to be equal again so I definitely think I've got a shot right now.

He just told us he needed us to encourage him. He said we needed to help him get out of his slump.

I wouldn't say scary. Basketball is basketball. They're very good. We know we're very good. We need everybody on their 'A' game if we want to win.

I think we're still working out the kinks with that. This year, coach hasn't specifically pointed out those guys (who are the top scoring options) so I mean I think everybody is trying to step up and become those guys.

I think we've all been waiting for Joe to come out and show what he can do. In the past, sometimes me and Joe have questioned what we're supposed to be doing on the court, but you can see him getting more comfortable.

I think everyone will be back; that's what it sounds like right now. Hopefully everybody is going to be back. I think we could come back and have a special team.

I think I hit a shot before that and I was feeling good, so I knew I was going to pull up when I got it. We were playing in Bank Arena, I guess, so I knew I had to bank one home.

I think I've seen a change in Pat the last few games. He's talking a lot more, and I think that comes with everybody communicating a lot better than we did before. It's good to see that confidence back in him.

That's the way they play in practice. That was good to see. We're going to need them to play that way for us to win consistently.

We came into this season with high hopes. We haven't been able to play up to our potential. Making the tournament is something we're thinking about, but we've got to take it one game at a time and get some wins.

We just didn't show any pride in the first half. I think it was us not being back in game situations yet (after Christmas break).

We're trying to play more together. We're in this together. Not just one person is going to pull us out of this. We're only as strong as our weakest link.

Coming into this year, I had high hopes, and I feel like we didn't play up to our expectations this far, but you're only as good as your last game. We've got a chance to come out on Wednesday and turn that all around.

Any team is going to be dangerous when they're playing in their home court and has their home crowd right behind us. We've just got to be focused.

At first, I didn't feel like there was really any point in it.

At first, guys were just like, they didn't just feel like there was any point to it. Then it was like, well, I guess we're going to have to just flow with it and go harder, and everybody voted to do it.

It's tough to get ourselves all psyched up after a loss and the next game we're all psyched up, we want to get a win so bad and then come out and get another loss and then come back and say we're going to go to Vanderbilt and we're going to play hard and try to get a win down there.

It's very important that we win this game. We let our fans down the last two games.

I want to get some more light out there, but I'm definitely not mad at Joe. I'm happy he had a great game.

I'm not sure about that. Coming into this year I had high hopes. I feel like we haven't played up to our expectations so far.

I'm glad he knocked it down. If he didn't, I was there. I was offensive rebounding. I was ready.

I'm worried about it, and on the other hand I'm not worried about it. We've got six games left to play. We've got to focus on that.

In the past we've been playing good defense, but we didn't buckle down and get the stops when we needed them.

I guess it's supposed to (make us) play harder in practice, I guess. I really feel like there's not too much you can change right now with it being the middle of the season.

I just hope they have one more of those lapses. For 40 minutes.

I definitely think this can be the turning point. We know we can build on this. If we play together, play defense the way we did tonight, we're going to win a lot more games.