You definitely have a lot of respect for teams like that, no matter what conference they come from. They came out with a great deal of energy and they wanted to let everybody know they earned being here.

If I could say something to school officials, it would be he's definitely proven himself and he deserves to stay. He's taken us through the wars and back. I would do anything for him.

They weren't doubling me. They weren't fronting me in the post. If I can get more games like that, we'll be better off.

I've got to be able to get the ball more, but at the same time you want to go with what's working for your team. You take what the defense gives you, I guess.

That's something we haven't talked about for the last six months. He just told us that whatever they say, it's not in our hands anyway. We just have to play basketball.

They're a scrappy team that doesn't score a lot of points.

The team defense was great. It was an all-around great game, especially going into the Big East (schedule).

You have to use your quickness, your pump-fake game, to get inside of them and try to get them in foul trouble. Playing against big bodies all night is kind of tough. You have to try to wear them down.

You have a lead against the eighth-ranked team in the country, you know they're going to fight back.

We've only talked about it three times all year. Lou doesn't let a lot of things bother him. That says a lot about his character.