After a while, you're just swimming up stream. You're trying to juggle people. And we got away with guys playing with four fouls probably a lot longer than we should have.

We were a little tentative, and who wouldn't be? This game, you're building toward it your whole career, and you get it, and everybody's in the building. I can't blame the kids for being tight. And we didn't work our way out of it as quickly as I thought we could have.

Ten different kids scored tonight, and I thought our second group played as well as our first group.

It's always been a totally varied audience. We're trying something different, something new with a different setting. We're always up for trying something new and seeing how it works out.

The biggest thing is that we're trying to get ready for the tournament. We wanted to find out if our guards would be able to handle pressure, and they responded pretty well tonight.

When Gerard took over, he was trying to get us back on track, but he was also trying to ease our pain. Now, it's a fresh start for everyone and it's time for us to make a move. He knows that and he's not letting anything slide.