The guys played good. They really got after it. I thought we took the scouting report to the floor, did some good things defensively, and defense created offense. We got a lot of good shots off our D.

Z did a good job and he had five to ten possessions at the point there, and he did OK.

You know, you need those guys (like Jermaine). You don't see teams winning national titles when they're missing a couple stars. It doesn't happen. You have to be lucky in basketball and sports. Hopefully, our bad luck is over and he can be healthy enough to help us.

It can be very frustrating because they'll make you work and make you work long into the shot clock throughout the game.

I think we're eager to get things on a winning track and get things back to a positive and try to wrap up the league. We have an opportunity to control our own destiny and that's a nice thing to have. Often times teams have to rely on others and we don't have to. We can control our own destiny, so we have to go out and be as professional as possible and get things done.

We want to be No. 1. We strive to be No. 1 in everything. That's something our administration helps us with and something we preach all the time. That's our goal -- to win all we can, and I want to win the league championship and win it outright, and we can do that tomorrow night.

I thought our team really came out to play. We were ready to play and we have a lot of experience.

He kicked every guy's butt that tried to guard him. Handed it to a bunch of guys that think they're pretty good players.

I have a good feeling for this team, I really do. I feel we have a good chance to be successful and I don't think our season's going to be over next week.