The perception is that somehow they're paper tigers, and they aren't. Everybody needs to hope the higher seeds hold on and win their tournaments. If Gonzaga had gotten beat the other night, that would have taken up one of the other spots.

I thought it was a good day, but we'd hoped for a better day. From my vantage point, I think the story wasn't that we got squeezed out by the real high profile teams, but the questions revolve around teams that look like us.

I thought it was a good day, but we had hoped for a better day.