With Kentucky's 87-71 win over No. 8 seed Iowa State the rematch is now official set for Friday evening in Atlanta.
Here are some of the Wildcats thoughts following the Iowa State game on getting another chance at the Hoosiers:
-MARQUIS TEAGUE:
That was a rough day for us. We hate to lose any game. But the way we lost, that just made it that much worse. Like we said, we've had to move on past that day. We had other games we had to play. So I guess we got them again. We're just going to come out and play our hardest. We're not really saying anything about revenge or anything like that. We're just going to come out and play like we would any other game.
-DARIUS MILLER:
Like he said, that was a tough loss for us, but so was Vandy. We've got a lot of competitive guys, and we don't like to lose. So we're going to come out. We were a totally different team than back then, and so are they. We're going to try to see what the outcome is. I know both teams are going to be ready to go. So it should be an exciting game.
-COACH JOHN CALIPARI:
Right now Indiana, we're better than we were, but so's Indiana. Tommy's done an unbelievable job. Think about where that program was and what he's got that thing going now. He's got a great recruiting class coming in. So I said this beginning of the year. They'll be a top five program in short order. Everybody looked at me and thought I was crazy. Shoot, they may be a top five now. They've got terrific players. They've got competitors. And as far as game preparation, you're not going to have a better coach than Tom. He's as good as they get.He and I talked, and I told him that you were going to be in our region. Before he publicly said, I knew we were going to be playing him. No question. Has nothing to do with match\0x2011ups or story lines or any of that. I knew we would be playing him. What I would hope is we were playing him for the final game, but we're not. We're playing in the Sweet 16. I cannot stand playing friends because, if they win, I'm sick after the game. And if I win, I enjoy it, but I don't enjoy it because I know what they're going through because I know how it is. But this is two programs that are storied programs, both of them. I can't again tell you what my respect with how he coaches and preparation. But, Tommy, if you're watching, I'm putting in new out of bounds plays. I'm going to put in side out of bounds and two new offenses because he will watch every tape and know everything that we're doing except for that stuff. He won't know that stuff.
