Talking to Noah Carter, DeAndre Gholston and Dennis Gates
-Gates said he thought his team did a good job with preparation. He's got a lot of respect for Jerry Stackhouse. Said it was a game of runs. He's not happy about the end of the first half but was ecstatic about the end of the second half. Leonard Hamilton would've called it an "old-fashioned one-point ACC blowout."
-Gates is proud of how his team shot at the free throw line down the stretch. It allowed them to control the game in the final three minutes.
-Gates said he drove Dre Gholston to the arena right after they landed coming back from Fayetteville and had a two and a half hour conversation with him to let him know his worth. Gholston said he came in with a better mindset tonight and did what Coach asked of him.
-D'Moi Hodge is sick with the flu. Gates said he came in the locker room and started throwing up. He was impressed by Hodge tonight.
-Carter joked that the game starting at 11 a.m. contributed to the slow start. Him and Gholston both said it being an SEC game was the biggest reason -- everyone in the league is good. Gates noted there were 7 lead changes in the game.
-Gates loved the response from Kobe Brown in the second half. He didn't think Kobe gave himself a jump start in Arkansas. He made the adjustment today.
-Gates said they can survive losing the boards if that's their only negative. For instance, they had 16-6 assist-to-turnover ratio. If that was the reverse, they probably don't come out on top in this game.
-Gates said he thought his team did a good job with preparation. He's got a lot of respect for Jerry Stackhouse. Said it was a game of runs. He's not happy about the end of the first half but was ecstatic about the end of the second half. Leonard Hamilton would've called it an "old-fashioned one-point ACC blowout."
-Gates is proud of how his team shot at the free throw line down the stretch. It allowed them to control the game in the final three minutes.
-Gates said he drove Dre Gholston to the arena right after they landed coming back from Fayetteville and had a two and a half hour conversation with him to let him know his worth. Gholston said he came in with a better mindset tonight and did what Coach asked of him.
-D'Moi Hodge is sick with the flu. Gates said he came in the locker room and started throwing up. He was impressed by Hodge tonight.
-Carter joked that the game starting at 11 a.m. contributed to the slow start. Him and Gholston both said it being an SEC game was the biggest reason -- everyone in the league is good. Gates noted there were 7 lead changes in the game.
-Gates loved the response from Kobe Brown in the second half. He didn't think Kobe gave himself a jump start in Arkansas. He made the adjustment today.
-Gates said they can survive losing the boards if that's their only negative. For instance, they had 16-6 assist-to-turnover ratio. If that was the reverse, they probably don't come out on top in this game.
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