The first 10 minutes, I think we were a little too selfish on offense.

These guys have done this all year. We've seen it a lot in the last month and a half. They're resilient, they keep fighting.

These kids know the deal. They know the standings. They look at the stuff on the Internet. But I don?t want to jam it down their throats.

I don?t think the effort was a total issue today. We played pretty hard. But it?s one thing to play hard and another to play well and do your job.

He's a gym rat. Most college coaches know him from when he used to make the rounds in the shoe business. He's got involvement in basketball at every level. He's got the pulse on a lot of things, knows a lot of people.

I don?t know how much he liked me at first. I don?t know how much I liked (him). But we like each other now.

I think our kids deserve a lot of credit. They really, really played their hearts out tonight. ... I think what?s happened with this team is our overall toughness and competitiveness have improved. We?re learning and understanding the fight.

I just told the kids in the locker room that it?s February 15. There?s two games left in the year. We?re not going to micro-analyze this game. We won.

I?m very proud of how they played. They played their hearts out for 45 minutes. Coming off the other night against Maine at home I was concerned with how we?d respond. It?s just a great win for us.

At this time of year I?d rather just play games. The more time off the worse. I don?t like the week off thing.