Gary Garner Quotations

We really struggled with our shooting in that game, but that's kind of the way things have been all year. We fell behind by too much against a team like Austin Peay. We can't have that happen this time.

We really did a good job on limiting our turnovers, which we thought would be a key, but they're big and strong and they really beat us on the boards. They just wore us down the last 10, 12 minutes. They got a lot of easy baskets.

We've had trouble there, and a lot of that has to do with Austin Peay always having very good basketball teams.

This was a bitter pill to swallow. This was one we felt we could get. We couldn't pull it off.

Every year there are one or two games that stick in your craw. Every team in the country has that. That was one for us.

I understand it was made in the best interest of the university. I continue to feel very good about the players coming back next year.

People seem more concerned now than they were back then.

They are really a good team. I mean, they are very impressive. They're good in all phases of the game. I thought we gave a really good effort. They just wore us down.

They're deeper than we thought, too. Arnold, boy, he's a load down there.

They've hit the skids a little bit, but I'm sure they're glad to be back at home, where they're really tough to beat.

I'm not disappointed in our effort at all. We just got beat by a great basketball team.

I'm obviously disappointed with the university's decision, but I understand it was made in the best interest of the university. I continue to feel very good about the players coming back next year. I think Southeast will be at the top of the OVC over the next couple of years.