Those are things we have no control over. As powerful as we think we are in intercollegiate athletics, we're not going to drop the price of oil.

We're aware of the situation with Hassan Adams. I've spoken (with) head coach Lute Olson and we've decided to delay any further comment, or provide any reaction, until Monday.

It was an incredible accomplishment for our team, the program and our coaching staff to reach this point. This has been a difficult season for us, but part of life is handling difficulties and learning to cope with them.

This is one of those kinds of times that anybody connected with any university, athletics or otherwise, dreads the most — and that is when you lose somebody — particularly when it's hard to explain and hard to understand.

There is an extension in the works for two more years.