We all felt like this was our year. We weren't going down three times.

Our goal was to slow down Cage. He's a hell of a player. If he gets going, he's tough to stop. I tried to get in front of him and take pride in stopping him.

We had to keep our composure. We were turning the ball over. A couple of times I had to settle the team down.

I?d hop in the shower, get out and go eat, then go back in the shower. I had to keep doing the same routine. All my clothes had to be laid out in the same spot on the bed.

First, coach tried to give us this one play, and we didn't know what was going on, so we changed.

You live to play games like this.

It's a reality check for us. In the MAC, you can never stop playing and let your guard down. We have to be ready for every team in the tournament, because everyone is going to be coming at you.

He told me he missed it, and I'm going to miss it, too.

When things are going well, you don?t want to change anything about your routine.