They played really well and shot the ball better from 3-point range than they had been.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm the coach at Nebraska until I hear different and I don't know anymore than that. I just try to coach our team and I'm very grateful for the opportunity to do that. We're going to keep our fingers crossed for a nod on Sunday night to play and that's where my focus is going to be.

We went through a tough stretch. Kansas didn't just cut our hair, they shaved our head.

I think most of the talk about this is just blather and too much cough-syrup sipping.

I think we weren't as sharp as we needed to be and Missouri was aggressive and took advantage of our mistakes.

Kansas didn't just cut our hair. They shaved our head. They scored 196 or 96 or one or the other on us. It'll take a tremendous effort to slow them down and change that.

He can score the ball, run their offense and he applies a lot of defensive pressure.

He's a great player and has been on a really hot streak. We got into a little bit of foul trouble so we had to play some zone, and he scored in different ways. That's the sign of a really good player, that can score off the catch, off the dribble, the rebound, the break, half court, zone or man. He had a really good night. But he's been doing that so you know that going in.

What I see in every game is teams that are really prepared. There are no easy outs. Most of the talk about this is blather and too much cough syrup sipping.

We've simplified things defensively. That has been a plus. But the biggest point of all this is the guys have taken more responsibility and helped each other.