Air Force is an NCAA Tournament team, no question. They deserve it. I thought they hit huge shots down the stretch.

They've had good teams, good coaches and it's a tough environment.

They've had positive influences on everybody who's been in our program throughout their careers. They're the epitome of student-athletes, and they'll both be successful in life, whatever they choose to do.

It's certainly a risk, but we felt like it was a risk worth taking.

Stuart was probably the most consistent player tonight, I have great confidence in him.

It's a lot easier said than done. We know what we're trying to do to him, but I'd rather that not be in the paper.

They made some shots and we didn't tonight. It's disappointing because I thought that we played hard tonight.

It was ugly at times. Both teams had some jitters. But in the last two minutes, we had big hearts and managed to make some shots at the end.

It was ugly at times. Both teams had the jitters. I thought the last two minutes of the game we had big hearts, stopped them when we needed to, got big rebounds and made just enough free throws to pull it out.

It was ugly at times, but when we had to make stops over the last few minutes, we did. Our kids knew if they lost they go home, and I think they showed a lot of emotion and some big hearts.