A win this weekend would really help the team's confidence. It would reaffirm in their own minds that they are among the best, not just in the conference but out of conference as well.

The mid-section of the nation might start to cool to at least average levels by the weekend and into next week. The Northeast U.S. may also eventually join in.

I would say there are several players coming off of last weekend that should be feeling confident. Confidence is a choice, and that's a matter of being able to block the distractions. Everybody has a poor performance. The better athletes know where to place that, learn from it and move on.

If you take a couple of minutes to mentally prepare yourself -- that can help. The killer piece for a weekend warrior is expectation. It's really hard to go back after 20 years and play a sport again … and people don't prepare for that and get disappointed.

I'll just keep that in confidence between me and [interested teams]. I really don't want to talk about it.

I think this past weekend was really good for our confidence.