It's tough to stop him. He'll beat you from the outside, he can drive on you. He beats you inside, he's big, he's strong. He's definitely a solid player without a doubt. He was just too tough.

We're playing better. Our guards are playing better defense and are starting to understand they can play with basically anybody.

We had a two-hour, 40-minute ride in the snow on the bus. In the beginning, we got down, 13-2, or something, you could see our shots were off and our legs just weren't under us yet.

They can all hit the 3, they can all penetrate and they can all play defense. It just took awhile because we start four sophomores and (Coleman) who is a junior. It just took them some time to realize how good they are. They are playing great right now.

They all knew him and were friends with him. They are playing in his memory.

We were going to try something different on him but then we decided we weren't going that route. We stayed in zone. Every time they needed a basket he made it.