Pitino: "They didn't hang their heads after UK"

On Gorgui: "I think he's going to be one of the better big men I've coached. I've just got to keep him around and develop his body."

On Terrence Jennings and rebounding: "I think he could be much better. He's got to be passionate. He worked very hard in practice this week, but it was more working hard trying to score than it is rebounding. I've coached some real good ones who have been terrific rebounders,, like Charles Oakley. T-Will was great at it. I would say, 'T-Will, I need 12 tonight, and he'd say, 'you got it.' And he was very passionate about it. But we'll keep working on that."

On Big East play: "I don't know if its going to be true because nothing anymore in this Big East makes sense, but we said ten wins is what we're striving for in this conference, 11 or 12 probably gets you a [first round] bye, and 14 probably gets you a championship. So it doesn't matter who you play. You just got to fight for a victory."