You want to go in and play well, period. You go in and make a good showing, and you're leaving the season with a good taste in your mouth.

It was like two movies -- a horror movie on offense, but defensively, hey, one of the better ones. So you got a two-for-one.

That McDonald kid, he just went off for 39 points. Enough said.

It was a tough ballgame to lose. We had some opportunities, and we didn't capitalize on some of them.

A lot of times when you push a kid to the limit, they don't like that. But I think it's different with Chris. His kids really care about him, and I think that's important in the success of the coach.

Once we got it to overtime, I felt decent about our chances. To force overtime was a credit to character and that we played extremely hard.

Other kids were taking shots, they were just not making them.

Things in college basketball are a lot more competitive than they used to be. We've seen upsets all over the place. I'm just happy to have a full deck of cards and having Bryan Hopkins back.

You have two excellent teams in Memphis and UAB. No question about that. But it's tournament time, and your kids get excited, and anything can happen.

We've done a good job the last two years. We need better luck with our injury situation and we have gone through some things.