Kevin Bettencourt
Kevin Bettencourt
experience great last tremendous win
It was a great win for our program. It was a tremendous experience for us, but it was last year.
bad check
Each one of us wanted it really bad. We all wanted it really bad and we told each other, 'let's keep each other in check and look out for each other,' we always we do that.
committee conference respects shows
It shows how much the committee respects what we did not only out of conference but in conference.
abe believed looked minutes positions turned win
I turned to Abe with about 16 minutes left, when we were down by about 15, and I said, we can still win this game. He looked in my eyes, and you could just tell he believed it. We believed it, we all believed it. We've been in those positions before.
definitely good guys seen speed style throw type
It's definitely a style that they're good at. We haven't seen that type of speed in a while. They throw so many guys at you.
definitely shut
It's amazing. It's definitely frustrating because they shut everything down.
dead donald great quiet seemed
It seemed like they (Arkansas) were getting momentum. And then it just went dead quiet after Donald made that great pass.
academics business care chance classroom straight succeed talk telling time
They don't even talk about basketball. It's telling you straight out: Obviously, you have to make time for basketball. But academics come first. You have to take care of business in the classroom to even have a chance to play. If you don't succeed in the classroom, you aren't getting on the court.
best chance fun minutes slow watch
They're fun to watch the way they get up and down and attack. We can do it here and there, but to do it for 40 minutes will not give us our best chance to win. We have to slow it down to our pace.
fluke game last shows team
That shows the kind of team we have. It shows that we were no fluke last year. We were seeded in an 8-9 game for a reason.
beating emotions hard hotel last midnight prepared sleep time until
I think we'll be more prepared this year. Last year, we didn't get back to the hotel until well after midnight and had a hard time getting to sleep with the emotions of beating Kansas.
assured coaches everybody gone kansas last saw tape tv year
I think we saw more of Kansas last year because they were on TV more. The coaches have assured us they have tape on everybody and they've already gone through it.
fluke helped last maybe people
I think it just helped us solidify last season, show that maybe wasn't as big a fluke as people thought it was.
answer arkansas gets nice questions time tiring worry
It gets very tiring to answer questions about (Kansas). It'll be nice to play Arkansas and worry about them. Kansas is a long time ago.