BOL Round Table

Some quotes from Grant after the game...

ANTHONY GRANT

(Opening Statement)
"All credit goes to Tennessee, they made plays they had to make. We got hurt in the backcourt, got hurt at the free throw line and just didn't come up with enough plays to be able to win it."

(On the last play)
"I have to go back on film before I comment on that. I want to see it again."

(On Tennessee's Jarnell Stokes)
"18 rebounds in the game, 15 points, and he was able to stay out of foul trouble today. If he can do that for his team on a consistent basis, obviously this was a physical game today, he's a huge factor when he's able to do that. He had his handprints all over the game today."

(On Tennessee's Jordan McRae)
"He's a good player, he's an awfully good scorer for them. We knew that he was going to be aggressive in the first half, I think he was 1-6 in the first half and came out very aggressive in the second half and did a good job for his team. They made an adjustment and got a couple of threes off of the zone, they came out and set a ball screen and we didn't guard it as well as we needed too. He's a guy that, when he gets some rhythm, is going to be dangerous. Those guys did a good job for him."

(On the Tennessee rebounding edge)
"We knew coming in, last time we played them, they had 16 offensive rebounds. They're a big, strong, physical team. I thought that there were some things that, watching from the sideline, we could do better, I'll have to watch it again on film. We've got to be able to battle. We're not going to get any taller, we're not getting any heaver, in being able to withstand some of that, so give them credit, they did a really good job. They did a really good job of being aggressive going after rebounds, chasing balls, they did a good job. They came up with 15 offensive rebounds, you know, they did a good job."