His 17 points and six rebounds are tough to make up for. He brings a lot of intensity each game.

Being able to get people the ball, from 94 feet, 50 feet, 10 feet, I think that helps. It's hard to get certain players the ball in certain situations. I think that's an unsung talent. Hopefully I can be successful on the next level with it.

I just try to tell Craig ever since he's been here that he's going to have to be more aggressive and make plays. He stepped up at the right time and made it.

We see the bracket, but those other teams got there for a reason. They won the first two game just like we did. I don't think you can go out there and take teams lightly.

In the NCAA Tournament, no team is going to go away easy. Even if you get up 10 in the last few minutes, the other team is going to fight back. Everyone wants to get to the next round. I didn't think it was going to be easy, even when we got up seven points with five or six minutes left. We just needed to stick with our offense and play solid defense.

We had some rough edges, but we've smoothed all that out.

I put it aside. It seems like others haven't. Everywhere I go I hear it. I'll just continue to move forward and play basketball.

When we play, a lot of times we kick our own butt and make a lot of mistakes. I think maybe it comes down to stops, maybe it comes down to executing offense. But I think when we're playing our best, no one can beat us.

I really don't know too much about them. I'm just taking it one game at a time, whether we're playing Louisville or the Lakers.

Without Hassan here, we need people to come in and hit big shots. When he's hitting shots and playing with confidence, it raises everybody else's level.