I feel this is a clean slate, zero and zero. The preseason was good for us, but not like we wanted it, but we came out OK. This is where you start from scratch.

We came together more in these last two games than any team I've played for in my four years at Arizona.

We came in competing and went out competing. That was a big thing. We didn't fall back. We didn't put our hands down when they made a run. It was so close.

It was those little mistakes. They came out aggressive. We just had to be patient. And late in the first half we did, letting things come to us. We made that run and got back in the game.

It was big for us. Everybody came out and played with the mind-set that they were ready to play defensively and offensively.

Around this time, we came together more than any team I played with. We wanted to get it done real bad.