All year I felt like we played non-conference games in our league. Most every game we played was against a new opponent. It's different when you've played people and seen them face to face.

This has been the most unusual year for me. Winning on the road really isn't that unusual for us. What's unusual is losing four games at home this year.

If he were fully developed offensively, he wouldn't be coming to college.

I'm excited about the opportunity. Obviously (former coach Bob Huggins) isn't there and I'll miss that, but (coach Andy Kennedy) is there and is doing a good job. The atmosphere will be terrific. They don't like us and we tend to thrive on that. It should be fun.

It's disappointing. The committee does a lot of research, but for George Washington to fall to an 8, I just don't think that's right. They've proven all year they're better than that. For Xavier to get a 14 seed, it's disappointing. I thought they'd get an 11 or 12 based on prior history.

For George Washington to fall to a No. 8, I don't think that's right.

It was definitely a different atmosphere than a normal home game. Our crowd was not very good in terms of numbers, although the fans that were here were great.

It's exactly as tough as I thought it would be. To me, it's very comparable to the league we played in for seven years. It's really hard to win on the road. I haven't been surprised.

Defensively we made some nice plays, but at crunch time they stepped up.

To a lesser degree than Cincinnati, we've created a monster that our expectations are NCAA. ... I don't mind that. It's a little unfortunate that the NIT is not seen as a positive thing.