The disease has passed around the whole team. Coach has been on us about that, but there's nothing he can do about that. It was pretty tough to watch.

All summer I kept hearing negative talk about him. I think he's staying because this is his passion. He focuses on basketball. He doesn't travel. He just wants to teach basketball. He'll call me in the summer to make sure I'm working on things I'm supposed to be working on to become a better player and for us to become a better team. Basketball is his life. All he does is talk basketball, basketball, basketball.

If I could tell you why we play so much better at home, I'd be rich.

I just told him the speech he makes before every big game he should make that before every small team, also, and we'll be OK.

That's embarrassing, losing in the first round to Akron. They're a good team, they play hard, but we've been going through a lot of things as a team.

I tried to celebrate with the students because I'm a student, too.

It's a very big game for us. Bigger for us than it is for them. If we win it, we have a great chance.

You don't know how bad I want that tournament. I've been watching Saint Joe and Villanova go since I've been here. It our turn to get there. It's our turn to make a run.

We weren't supposed to lose this game, but they're the No. 1 team in the country, they are very well coached and they did a great job. My hat goes off to those guys. They are excellent.

I was getting very impatient, but I'm happy to have him. He's a great guy. I've heard a lot of great things about him.