Any time you play at home you have an advantage, but this year especially with our fans showing up and supporting us. That makes the players more comfortable and we have played a lot of good baseball at home this year.

I think going into conference play, every series is big, especially your home opener when you are trying to build some momentum. Being in a tie with (Austin College), it brings a little bit more to the series and hopefully we can make a move and put some space between them and us.

Each time I come home form a tour I get several of my flutes out and play them.

Home-ice advantage would be huge. It's a smaller rink and the fans are unbelievable. Teams have a tough time playing here. So it's especially important for us.

You can't play the Super Bowl at home. We'd love for all 68,000 fans to come to Detroit. But logistically, it's hard to do.

Every time we play these guys, a good game breaks out and that's got to be exciting for the fans. They score baskets that you can't guard, and I think we do the same thing. Tonight, we just happened to score more than they did, the reverse of last time.