Mouton Quotes

I've seen him think too much. When you think too much you become cautious. We had to tell him to take his shot. We had to make him feel that he had the green light to shoot. - Kevin Mouton

If the Longhorns get Mouton, that would just be a huge bonus to end a great recruiting year. It would be a muscle-flexor, one that just shows the power of the national championship. To go in on a kid that late against USC and Michigan, and to get him, that's huge. Texas had not worked the kid at all. - Mike Farrell

I think that was the game. We always said he was going to get it going one game, and it's going to parlay into what we feel he could do. And (Thursday) he hit some good shots. I think he's back. - Kevin Mouton

I think it took him one practice to process what was going on. And the next day he was back to going really hard and defending hard. You could see it in him that he knew he had to play better. After that he had two really good practices prior to (Thursday's) game. We knew it. He was a step quicker than the previous days. - Kevin Mouton

[A few days before the start of the NCAA tournament last March, Texas coach Rick Barnes looked on as reporters fired questions at guard Brandon Mouton, most of which were a variation on one theme:] You play so well during the season, but then you disappear in the tournament -- what's up with that? ... Brandon, I've heard all those questions. I know you don't choke. But if you don't play well in this tournament, that's what I'm going to tell the world you did . - Rick Barnes