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TYLER ULIS
On how much he believes UK proved itself …
“I feel like we came out into their building, fought hard, played hard the whole game, the whole 40 minutes, and we have to keep our heads up for that.”
On Kansas moving to a triangle and two …
“Yeah, I didn’t have many openings. I forced a few things late, should have gave the ball up, but it’s something we have to work on.”
On him being hard on himself with his two late turnovers …
“Yeah, those Late Turnovers weren’t needed. I should have just gave the ball up late. Turned it over in regulation at the end, and then late in overtime. That’s just not something I normally do.”
On if Jamal Murray was supposed to be cutting along the baseline on his turnover late in regulation …
“No, it was a set play. We didn’t get into it, but it’s not the reason I turned it over.”
ALEX POYTHRESS
On if he felt like he was fighting against the officials in the second half with all the foul calls …
“No. We just have to learn to play without fouling. That’s something we’ve been struggling with all year. We just have to learn to keep our hands up and we can’t look for an excuse or anything. We fouled, we shouldn’t have fouled. That probably cost us the game. A lot of us were in foul trouble down the stretch.”
On what he learned about his team …
“We got some fighters. Everybody who was playing was fighting. There’s no such thing as moral victories, but we can all hang our heads today. Everybody who was out there fought, from top to bottom.”
On what Coach Cal wanted UK to do when Kansas went to the triangle and two …
“We just had to change our offense on the floor. They were chasing Tyler and Jamal so it made it difficult to get in our normal set, so we had to change it up on the fly.”
On what makes Kansas junior guard Wayne Selden Jr. so difficult to contain …
“He hits shots, got to the rim, made free throws. He just had a Great Game.”
On if Selden showed UK anything differently than what it had seen on tape …
“Yeah, we knew he could shoot, we knew he could shoot in the corner off the dribble pin downs and all that stuff. We just didn’t do a great job of guarding him, but he had a great game though.”
On what he would say to Ulis who had a great game but was tough on himself afterward …
“He has no reason to take any blame on himself. A lot of us can take some blame. We didn’t guard down the stretch so he’s not the reason we lost. It’s a team effort collectively. We just have to learn how to Finish Games out. It was close, we had a chance to win it, we didn’t get two late rebounds down the stretch, then we couldn’t execute at the end of regulation. So, it’s just tough.”
On the atmosphere at Allen Fieldhouse …
“Oh, it was crazy. Loudest atmosphere I’ve ever been in.”
On if he can draw any comparisons to the 2013-14 team that had close losses on the road …
“Yeah, I guess you can say you draw some comparisons, but each year we’re a different team. We just have to learn how to finish games out. That’s essentially it. We get in these close games and we lose leads and then we just let go of the rope. We can’t be doing that from here on forward.”
TYLER ULIS
On how much he believes UK proved itself …
“I feel like we came out into their building, fought hard, played hard the whole game, the whole 40 minutes, and we have to keep our heads up for that.”
On Kansas moving to a triangle and two …
“Yeah, I didn’t have many openings. I forced a few things late, should have gave the ball up, but it’s something we have to work on.”
On him being hard on himself with his two late turnovers …
“Yeah, those Late Turnovers weren’t needed. I should have just gave the ball up late. Turned it over in regulation at the end, and then late in overtime. That’s just not something I normally do.”
On if Jamal Murray was supposed to be cutting along the baseline on his turnover late in regulation …
“No, it was a set play. We didn’t get into it, but it’s not the reason I turned it over.”
ALEX POYTHRESS
On if he felt like he was fighting against the officials in the second half with all the foul calls …
“No. We just have to learn to play without fouling. That’s something we’ve been struggling with all year. We just have to learn to keep our hands up and we can’t look for an excuse or anything. We fouled, we shouldn’t have fouled. That probably cost us the game. A lot of us were in foul trouble down the stretch.”
On what he learned about his team …
“We got some fighters. Everybody who was playing was fighting. There’s no such thing as moral victories, but we can all hang our heads today. Everybody who was out there fought, from top to bottom.”
On what Coach Cal wanted UK to do when Kansas went to the triangle and two …
“We just had to change our offense on the floor. They were chasing Tyler and Jamal so it made it difficult to get in our normal set, so we had to change it up on the fly.”
On what makes Kansas junior guard Wayne Selden Jr. so difficult to contain …
“He hits shots, got to the rim, made free throws. He just had a Great Game.”
On if Selden showed UK anything differently than what it had seen on tape …
“Yeah, we knew he could shoot, we knew he could shoot in the corner off the dribble pin downs and all that stuff. We just didn’t do a great job of guarding him, but he had a great game though.”
On what he would say to Ulis who had a great game but was tough on himself afterward …
“He has no reason to take any blame on himself. A lot of us can take some blame. We didn’t guard down the stretch so he’s not the reason we lost. It’s a team effort collectively. We just have to learn how to Finish Games out. It was close, we had a chance to win it, we didn’t get two late rebounds down the stretch, then we couldn’t execute at the end of regulation. So, it’s just tough.”
On the atmosphere at Allen Fieldhouse …
“Oh, it was crazy. Loudest atmosphere I’ve ever been in.”
On if he can draw any comparisons to the 2013-14 team that had close losses on the road …
“Yeah, I guess you can say you draw some comparisons, but each year we’re a different team. We just have to learn how to finish games out. That’s essentially it. We get in these close games and we lose leads and then we just let go of the rope. We can’t be doing that from here on forward.”
