I kept saying we weren't any good when practice started, and now we're part of the Sweet 16. We just keep getting a little bit better.

I just want to get this out of the way: I'm staying.

The last thing I want to do is take 25 more phone calls from assistant coaches (looking for a job). When I get an assistant coach, I'm going to announce it as soon as I can.

It's not a hump, it's a mountain. My AD knows. My fans know where we were when I took this job. My first year, we lost 11 in a row and I didn't know if we were ever going to win a game. My third year we were 3-3, and I wasn't sure I would keep my job. We lost at home to Kansas State and ever since then it has been a tremendous run to get where we are today. We accomplished something we haven't in 23 years, we won a championship.

They've got great players. Mac's a great coach, but you don't win without great players.

They've just been really playing well. I think they just keep the same system and plug him in there.

They hit shots, and we didn't during that stretch. We had two wide-open threes and missed them both.

They were aggressive when we were on our heels.

I want to give George Mason a lot of credit. They came out of the gates hot, and that was the difference. That said, I don't think we played particularly well in the first half. We didn't play the way that led us to the Sweet 16. Our shot selection hurt us.

I've heard from a lot of people. It's amazing how many Valley fans have called. And he doesn't call anybody. Maybe his wife.