I don't know how we did that. We worked on free throws for two days straight.

I hope playing in the conference will get the kids to bring more competitiveness to their play. We've got to find more consistency in competing every night.

I wanted us to play hard on defense, and that set the tone.

This is the season that you really want to focus and concentrate on. We went through all those differences and all those trials and tribulations to get to this point. Sometimes you have to go through some afflictions before you have success and this is what the outcome is.

A lot of people are trading in cars they normally wouldn't have traded in to take advantage of employee pricing. So now we've got cleaner used cars - so now the used car business has picked back up.

They're very disciplined. We understand we have to dictate the pace of the game to have a chance to win the game.

I wanted to call it 'Street Smarts' because that's what the book is all about. I've learned a lot in this business and in this life, and I want to pass it on.

It was the tempo we wanted to play, but we didn't want 27 turnovers.

Is that all? That seemed like a 25-turnover night to me.

Every coach in America is somewhat under that year-to-year status. Obviously, I want to do well. I like Hampton; Hampton has given me a great opportunity. I love this area. I love coaching these kids. It's a great situation for me, but I understand I have to produce.