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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][B]#14, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, G, Fr.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On how the team is playing compared to what he expected …[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“On a scale from one to 10, I’d say about a four. I’m not disappointed at all; we are just a young group that is still learning. I expect us to get a lot better. We can be a 10, I expect everyone to get better.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On offering his starting spot to Darius Miller …[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“It’s a mixture (of his relationship with Darius and just being a team player). That’s just me. It doesn’t matter who starts.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On playing against St. John’s being from the Northeast …[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“It does (carry a little more weight). I just want to win the game and I’ll be fine. I don’t put much into the name. If we just have fun, we’ll win the game.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][B]#23, Anthony Davis, F, Fr.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On whether UK has an advantage since St. John’s is such a young team …[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“Not really. They’re really scrappy and they like to come out and play hard and fast. Basically, we’re playing just another college basketball team since they play hard as well. It’s going to be another game where we really have to come out and play.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On staying focused on St. John’s even though UNC is only two days later …[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“We’re not even talking about Saturday’s game right now. We’re worrying about St. John’s since that’s tomorrow. They’re a great team and we have to get prepared for them.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On how it feels to be number one in the rankings …[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“It’s an honor but it’s only November. We still have a whole college season ahead of us.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On whether the team feels they can’t go any higher since they’re number one …[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“Not at all. Everybody is playing with a chip on their shoulder. Everybody is coming out to beat us. Even if we weren’t number one, people would still want to come out and beat us”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][B]#25, Marquis Teague, G, Fr.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On St. John’s …[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“I think they are a real talented team, young guys that will come in with a lot of energy and they are going to come in hungry.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On the No. 1 ranking …[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“It’s an honor, but it is still early in the season, we aren’t really worried about it, we are just going to come out and play hard.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On the next 10 days of the schedule …[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“We are playing some of the best teams in the country so we have to come out and be ready and show people what we are made of. It is going to be a big test for us to come out and prove we are one of the best teams. I just want to come out and be a leader on the floor, run the show pretty much, be the coach on the floor and make sure my team is doing everything they are supposed to be doing and everyone is playing hard to get the win.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On his confidence increasing in the past two games …[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“I am confident in my game, I am just going to come out and compete.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
