Coach Orr is a great role model. I wouldn't want to play for any other college coach besides him.

We certainly didn't walk round campus with our heads held high. We were embarrassed. When we came back to campus our fans laughed and made fun of us. But the only way we were going to erase that memory was to go out and have some positive wins.

That's the type of team we are. We weren't going to sit around and feel bad. We had a chance against another Top 25 team, and we took advantage of it.

Our goal is to get into the N.C.A.A. tournament, and we've never lost sight of that.

It looked like everybody in there just won the lottery.

Kelly and Donald really set the tone. We wanted to do everything possible to get this one for them. For four years, they've done everything they could to help the program.

Most teams would drop their head. We found a way to make it positive. We figured a lot of teams might not think we're that good, so we've got to go out and earn our respect back.

I don't feel that we're too confident. We've seen their record, that the Missouri Valley Conference is an excellent conference even though they don't get a whole lot of recognition. We know they've knocked off some big teams. We know they're more than capable of pulling some upsets.

I'm just so happy for those two, especially.