We had never gone into the championship game having that lack of pressure. This makes it a little bit better. Hopefully it will get us a top 16 seed. Our guys battled so hard. I can't be prouder for a group than those guys.

They switched a lot more on defense, they tried to play a little more of a triangle game and there were things that we kind of prepared for but they used these new things a little bit more. When you have a veteran team like we do with a lot of seniors, you expect them to adapt.

You never know when it's off?balance. I had a pretty good look at it. The only thing I really questioned was I thought it might hit front rim and bounce back because it was pretty flat.

He'd been struggling and I'm so happy for the lift he gave this team as a senior in a championship game. You couldn't script it better than that. I'm so proud of the way he stepped up in this game.