And I would expect them to play much better than they did the other night.

I don't want to say we missed all of those ourselves; they had something to do with that, 6-7 guys going at 6-2 guys.

I don't think there's any question the league has the potential to be better. I anticipate it being better, but at the same time that also puts a lot of pressure to say the Valley is going to have six teams in the top (45) of the RPI and competing for an NCAA berth. That's a lot of pressure.

But I did not know who that team was out there in maroon. That was a team I have not seen all year long.

I just told our group in the locker room that when (SIU) had to get tough, they did, and when we had to get tough, we did not.

I'm thankful that both of these guys are going to graduate. It's been a blessing to have each of them ? Deke for two years and Kellen for four ? in our basketball program.

I'm sorry ... and I'm sorry to our fans.

I'm frustrated and I'm perplexed. I'm tired of being a statistic.

Sky is mature enough to figure it out on his own. We've talked about the sense of urgency with our team, but Sky knew.

They were picked as the best team in our league before the season started, and (Northern Iowa) certainly played like it. They played with a sense of urgency.