The difference tonight, in my opinion, is that we played with a lot more aggression in the last three minutes of overtime. We played with a lot more spirit during that period. That, as much as anything, is what our guys have to learn.

These girls are rivals and you can see how excited (the Knights) are. They have really gotten better since last time we played them when it got rained out.

If he comes back, we've got a chance to be really good -- as good as we've ever been. If he doesn't come back, it's a whole different ball game.

I'm just trying to manage what a lot of people have put a lot of effort, heart and money in.

I'm going to have 10 pork roasts rotating on a rotisserie grill, and we're going to serve it with dressing and baked beans. We also have five football pools and $1 beer.

The NCAA men's basketball Division I has grown to 330 schools. That's a lot of schools from the time the field grew to 64 -- it's increased by one. From that same period, Division I basketball has grown significantly.

It's a true indicator for any potential prospects looking at Rice that you can have the best of both worlds. You get a world class education and play your sport at the highest level.

This is not a team that we've had the luxury to look ahead a lot this year. We've been doing so much of trying to learn how to function in the here and now that it really becomes challenging to look ahead. When you look ahead too far, it becomes a distraction.

Anybody can have a bad day. It's just too bad it was today. We had been hitting the ball really well. We don't have a lot of speed, so we have to get base hits. We hit a lot of deep balls, just not deep enough.

We played great in one game and then lost our focus in the other.