As a player you want to be one of those guys that's indispensable, someone you need to have on the floor at all times. He's a freshman and he's going to be a good basketball player.

Josh Lawrence is a guy that's very dear to me. He's one of the very first guys that said 'yes' to this program. Even though he was struggling early on, I kept saying he deserved my loyalty.

We played a little bit too slow, a little bit too casual, and didn't do a very good job defensively in the second half. We didn't do a good job guarding Polk.

We played very good basketball against an athletic team. It was nice to see us get better in some areas.

I was surprised it didn't sell out in September.

I've said all along this team is going to be very young, very inexperienced but very talented. This team is going to need patience from myself, from the fans and from the media.