It was a win-win situation for them and for us.

They kind of all had my back and were telling the other guys to just wait and see what I could do.

Once you've opened that Pandora's box of selling lottery tickets, it's difficult to say you're going to sell them here and not there. But to have them on sale in places you go because you're strapped for cash, that ought to be thought about. There's something to that, that ... doesn't seem to be the best public policy.

The situation seemed like it was just right.

Believe me, I don't think (Allen leaving) is a remote possibility. We're too pleased with the way things are going.

When you have other programs wanting to talk to your coach, it means she's doing a good job.

With both the men's and the women's teams, we put our eggs in the NCAA Tournament basket first.

We just agreed we wanted everybody to be happy.

That would benefit us, and our league, in particular.

I think it's unfortunate because there was a great deal of debate about not marketing the lottery to poor people. It doesn't take much to connect the dots. If you're pawning your possessions for money or don't have enough money to have a bank account, it's probably not a great idea to spend your money on lottery tickets.