Dusty May and players after win vs. Alabama

Yeah, I want to applaud our guys for the second half effort they had, especially considering the first half when we played well, went on a little run, and then finished— just completely butchered the last 2 minutes of the first half. And we were down on ourselves. And we came in and we regrouped and our guys had a different level of focus and intensity in the second half.

I thought we played much smarter, much harder, and much more connected as a group. And when you can hold a team like Alabama who, you know, they're the leading scoring team in the country, one of the most efficient every single year. We held them to 0.88 in the second half, DER. And so it was testament to our guys with how hard they played.

It means the world to me. You know, none of this would be possible if it wasn't for her, you know, helping me out and believing in me more than I believed in myself, you know? And majority of the times when she's here and she's in the stands, I feel like I get a lot more aggressive. She has this, like, certain calling that she does whenever I get the ball.

And it's like I can hear nobody else in the stadium but her. And it, like, puts me in attack mode, honestly. And there was many times today where I was looking to, you know, pass the ball. I hear the noise and it's like I must have an opening that I don't see.

So I just go and if something happens, something happens, you know, majority of time something good happened today. And, you know, I'm going to continue to keep playing hard whenever she's here and continue to, you know, make sure that she gets to watch me play in college as long as she can.

Just what it's meant to him, the way he's blended into the whole It's been impressive of how someone comes in with his accolades and reputation and fits into a group. And yeah, I'd say those 4 returners have sacrificed. He's sacrificed just as much. I don't think there are very many teams in all of college basketball that he wouldn't be starting on, probably one in the entire country, and that's ours right now.

And some of it is just the rotations and who plays well with other guys and whatnot. But he's had a great year. They said he hasn't hit a wall. He's just so mature with his approach, with his day-to-day.

And yeah, just happy he's on our team because he played really well. And, you know, that's the bright side. You hate to say a bright side with L.J. getting hurt, but Trey's had a much different role and bigger opportunity to do more, and he's capitalized on it.