I don't think anybody we played compares overall. Alabama, we just played last week, has a lot of great athletes. That's probably the closest thing to an overall team full of athletes as Memphis.

I'd rather be tested. Regardless of what happens, we've made a lot of memories that will never go away. Winning by 20 is nice, but games like these make us that much more prepared and that much better and that much stronger.

I definitely think with the way coach Howland coaches and the guys we have in the program, with their character, attitude and work ethic, we could get here again. Nothing is promised, and we were lucky a few times to get here this time, but we could do it.

It helps a lot. That's where the mission starts. Our tradition sets the bar. Knowing that nothing but winning a national championship is accepted really helps us.

I know at this time of year what's really important - as long as we're eligible and doing what we have to do in the classroom - I can pretty much focus on basketball. The majority of my focus is going toward the game.

In the film session later, it would be rewound and rewound and rewound again if somebody does that.

I'm a winner. From day one, I expect to win every game. So therefore, I expect to be here.

I mean, it won't really sink in for a while.

After that, we kind of got our focus. We made a conscious effort to be a great defensive team.

They left us relying on our dribble penetration and they either blocked shots or changed a lot of shots.