That's a weakness for us right now, really. The thing I told my team right after the game was the two things we've got to be relentless on are rebounding and free throws. ... It's seems like every time we play, we're giving up second-chance points ... and those things break your back.

The way we started the game, things looked pretty good. For some reason we decided to slow down. We really had a chance to put the game away early.

That monkey remained with us for that first quarter. I'm excited for it. … It's nice to have it, but I'm moving on.

Again, I'm real pleased with the fact that these kids never relinquished the lead ... and were able to take care of business. And, that's kind of a thing this team does.

We're happy to get out of the first round. I think that will help now that we have some experience under our belt.

I was very pleased with our bench play in the second quarter. I mean, we didn't skip a beat.

I think it was important for us, because it showed Dean it was OK for him to do those kind of things, and be real aggressive (out there).

I was really pleased with Dean Johnson, he's a guy who works really hard for us and gets a lot of rebounds for us, but that's the most active I've seen him.

Coming out of the holidays, you worry about them being a little sluggish.