Kevin is very comfortable on the court. He's been starting since he was a freshman. Dave and Brent played well for us, but it's an adjustment for them.

I've never had a player have an injury like that. Usually it's a matter of tightening up a shoe and gutting it out. We lost Kevin for seven games and he's still not 100 percent.

I think people are seeing Tyrus Thomas and think all of my players are just like that. He's the only one that plays above the rim.

I guess that's complimentary. I don't know how you react to that. I think we have good players who play well together. I don't know if you can say all-time. There have been a lot of great players and great teams that have been much more successful than this one.

Demand is outstripping supply and this is the bullet point of the problem. The U.S. refinery snags are adding fuel to the flames. Certainly, in the long term, prices will head higher.

I think people are seeing Tyrus Thomas and thinking all of my players are like that, and I don't think they are.

We have a lot of confidence. I'm not saying we're going to win every game. I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying the message we sent tonight was that we looked like a real team.

When we won in 1990 we had a similar set-up with most of our players back from the previous year. We had been to the state tournament before and when we got there again, we just weren't going to lose. We knew what we had to do. This team has that same kind of experience. They know what it's going to take.

The market is really starting to get unhinged. The majority can be attributed to the storm, and some geopolitical concerns as well.