If I had my way, this would be a running program. For right now, for this team, we seem to have settled into a style of play that's working for us.

If ever a team needed a win, it was certainly this basketball team.

He's reached that comfort zone. It's just all come together for him now.

If you look at his face and his demeanor, he looks 24 or 25. Then you remember he is only 18. There will be a time when he takes over an entire game, but he is not quite there yet.

It's day to day. If he's able to play, we'll use him in spurts of four or five minutes. ... Any help he gives us is a plus.

I told them to continue to meet and talk as much as they like if they play like that.

This is the right move for him, and that's why I give him my blessing.

There's a big part of me that didn't want to be the guy to beat Dick Bennett in his last game. There's part of me that wanted him to go out a winner that he is. He's a tremendous man. He's done so much for college basketball, and every program he's been in, he's improved the program. However, it was important for us to get the win and move forward.

That's going to be a good battle for us, and we'll be ready to go.

Quite frankly, we really missed him. We missed his energy, his toughness, his defense, his hustle. He's a glue guy for us.