The days in between this weekend and the Big Ten Championships will be rest. You can't ask much of your athletes when they are competing in five-hour matches. You have to be careful in monitoring everything from academics to mental relaxation.

You can't hang on to wins for confidence, because you can't hold on to things that you can't control. Knowing that they've done their best and have gone to the best of their ability, that's confidence. And that's what's going to let them play freely and be able to execute.

I'm upset we lost two tough matches, but I'm not upset with the team's progress. Every weekend, it's a matter of who's managing the emotional state of where you are in season, and we did a good job of managing that.

It was a bit disappointing, we typically have a great rivalry and battle with Ohio State -- we beat them twice last year so we knew they'd be out to get us.

It's a marathon sport. We've been going since September with a break over the holidays. Those teams that can stay as fresh as possible throughout the duration of the season are going to do well. It's not necessarily the most talented teams that are the most successful. We are looking to go in and continuing to put those things in the right place for us.

St. John's has quite a few international students on their team, some good players that we have seen at regional qualifiers. A team that will force us to step up and compete, that will press us and make us play which is what we want.

It's knowing and letting good be good enough, and believing that their good is going to be fine. When that's not working, just trying not to do more than what they are capable of doing. Once they play within themselves, they put themselves in a position to do the right things, string points together, and that wins you games.

They're playing now at a level that is allowing them to dictate and execute the way we see them do in practice. It's showing their level of confidence.

The most important thing and the thing that becomes constant messages from the coaches is we're continuing to get better.

Right now, they are still continuing to figure things out on their own. That is, in my opinion, just doing a better job of getting out of ourselves, and focusing more on our opponents.