I don't think either one of us liked ... the fact that somebody's season is going to be over after this game. But it is what it is. We don't control who we play in the NCAA tournament.

I don't think either one of us like the fact that someone's season is going to be over after this thing. I do know one thing about Billy. He's going to be trying to rip our face off. All the friendship, all the love and all that is going out the window for those two hours. It's going to be very, very competitive.

I don't see it helping either side because I haven't been around their program for four years. I'd be shocked if he had any idea what we were doing or knew anything about our personnel before this week. If anything, we might have a slight advantage because we get to see them a lot on television. Our games aren't really televised that often.

I felt very confident and we threw a couple more guys out there and they turned things back around and more players came in and took it even farther.

I know everybody likes to make it out that you get judged by your success in the NCAA tournament. He's had some success. He will have that again. I hope it's not (Thursday).

I'll never forget that day. Before we had our game day practice, Mike comes bouncing into my office. He said, 'Coach, my mom's coming to the game tonight.' He said, 'You don't understand, Coach. This is the first time she's ever seen me play.

I'm thankful the good Lord has put him here.

I never dreamed that Rich (Law) would be able to play as long as he did and as well as he did, it was great.

I knew we were going to be ferocious. I knew we were going to play hard. I just hoped it was well enough to put ourselves in a situation to win. We couldn't. It wasn't because of a lack of effort. It was because Florida's just better.

It's amazing that we're playing each other. I think we would have been an 11 or 12 seed, but the NCAA wanted to match us up. I think that had a lot to do with it.