Am I optimistic or pessimistic? I?d have to say I?m anxious.

You will never see anyone drinking a pint of Guinness with a nice smooth top.

At the end of the third we had a 3-point shot and we had two open looks. If we get the 3-pointer to fall, we get it to four (points) and it puts some pressure on them.

I've got a really mature point guard for a sophomore. The Considine girl doesn't like to lose and she plays that way. She not selfish - she leads us in every category - shooting, scoring, assists and steals. But her determination and work ethic rub off on everybody else.

Every aspect of her life is being tracked right now to try to track her whereabouts, ... We just don't know. Right now there is no connection to mail.

It's hard with just having freshmen. They can't drive. Transportation becomes difficult to and from practice.

the bottom line (is that) there was no indication at all that there was any risk.

It was an uphill battle. Our kids never quit. When they got down it would have been easy to walk away, but they battled all the way back.

There's no doubt, if you want to be successful on the Internet, that aligning yourself with the postal service probably isn't a bad idea. We hope to play that trump card an awful lot.

An Irishman would probably turn around and run if you offered him green beer.