We stay together. We enjoy sticking together and playing in crunch time.

I don't think anybody else experienced the type of competition we had in the Big East tournament and in the Big East period. I think we'll be better prepared for the tournament than anybody else out there.

That's great news. I have his number and I'm going to be calling him.

I'm pretty disappointed. I didn't think we deserved a 5 seed. I thought we'd get a little better after the regular season and Big East tournament we had. But things happen for a reason.

It might have been the way we finished up the regular season. We made a major run in the tournament. I don't think it had anything to do with the Big East tournament.

I remember sitting up there in Kentucky just thinking I was so frustrated and mad that I wanted to help those guys out so bad. But now I get the opportunity.

I remember Antonio Gates hitting a lot of foul-line jumpers. He must have hit four in a row -- left-handed big guy.

It's sick. It looks like he's playing against kids.

Everybody's ready. We had some hard practices.