165 Quotes by Mark Gottfried

You're just excited to be playing, first of all. Obviously, I know Tom well.

LSU is one of the better teams in the country. Their front line is tremendous.

This is devastating for our team as it gives us only 10 scholarship players and a thin backcourt. We'll have to play a small forward at the guard position this year. We'll have to adjust.

Last year we felt we had a team could really make some damage in this tournament, and we didn't do it. So for our returning players, I think there is a little bit of the attitude that we want a chance to do this a lot better than we did last year.

This game came down to the backboards. We played our big lineup, and I'm disappointed we had that effort.

Mississippi State played about a flawless game, from my perspective.

This is a disappointing loss because we just needed one more defensive stop. Arkansas had its back against the wall and they came through.

This has always been a tough place for Alabama to play. To win here is big, because Ole Miss has always been tough on us here.

Obviously, Ole Miss came to Tuscaloosa and won. Our players have a lot of respect for how good they can be.