For whatever reason, against us it's always easy to shoot 3-point shots in last four minutes of the game when you're down double figures. I don't know why that is.
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We've had great efforts — that has not been a problem. Finishing games has been. We finished tonight.
We did not play as smart as you have to play playing a top 25 team, suffice to say. You've got to play smart and you've got to play well on every possession. You cannot take a possession off.
Billy and I were able to shake hands after the game and he had some nice complements about how our administration made efforts to protect the court.
That's hard to overcome anywhere, home or away, neutral, wherever. The difference is the free throw line anyway you look at it.
The loss is disappointing. Physically and mentally we gave in there at the end. It doesn't mean we didn't try. We made bad decisions at the end and you can't do that against a team like Tennessee.
More is not always better, particularly with Renaldo — sometimes, less is better. If you keep him uncomfortable, you've got a good chance of having a good game out of him. You want him uncomfortable.
We were only down six points with about 3 minutes on the clock and then gave in with a rash of errors at the end. Anybody who saw the game knows it was not a 16-point game, but still we go home with that on our docket.
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