Jim Courier did a great job of showing the rest what is possible. He could only hit forehands, but almost every one could have been a winner. But Jim struggled when others learned to hit the ball just as hard. Many look at Andy Roddick as being a similar animal, and it could well be in a few years everybody hits the ball as hard as him.

It was a rivalry-revenge game for us. They beat us very badly on our field last year.

The first half is the way I saw the whole game going. We knew they were going to come out and play hard and they did.

These are good numbers for the national economy. Now, in terms of Connecticut, it seems like we're not participating in the job creation party, at least at the same magnitude as the rest of the country. But companies are basically doing well and corporate profits are still strong, so we're getting to the point in Connecticut where companies will have to hire some people.

He probably viewed those days as being done.

In practice, we really do well. This is an enjoyable team to coach in practice. But tonight we didn't show up. It's difficult to explain it.

I like to come down here and go to the race, and you can go to the festival.

If you're going to chase Kyle, you have to be able to go one-on-one in the post. When Zach (Agee) plays well he's tough to stop. He really came to play tonight. He played solid and came to finish.

There's tons of guys out there that don't look forward to it the way this tournament should be looked forward to.

That hurt, because we had a lot of sets that were going to Robby and Zach (Agee).