The less said the better right now. I don't have to tell the kids the importance of this. They just seem to do better with less pressure. Maybe it's their youth. They want to play and have fun and keep it at that level, and I'm just going to go with that.

These are going to be tough games. UCLA's got their big three kids. We are going to have to make them work for their shots. We want them to take tough shots.

For the next three years, those freshmen are going to remember that last half-hour (of the selection show) and remember what it's like and what it means and start owning their team and buying into what we're telling them.

I knew from the get-go that they feed off of transition. Some of their points came from forced turnovers, but a lot of them came on unforced turnovers.

I knew they were going to do it. That's the most focused team to walk into this gym.

I know what the committee looks for and I thought we had good top-50 wins, they look for that. I think those wins were huge with the committee.

I'm trying to make the practices fun. I want them to really enjoy this week.

I just want them to realize that half the people in the country aren't playing for anything and we have an opportunity to play for something. This is a great chance and I know my kids will get up for it. We'll be there. Where the game will go, who knows? But we will be there.

The kids really felt like they could have won this game. We came in with a game plan and we felt like we were ready to go.

They just seem to do better when there's less pressure. I figured that out through the course of the year. They just need to go out and play and have fun.