Beating Navy, which was always considered one of the best teams in the country, was huge for Maryland.

We're playing some of the best teams in the country, and the experience we're getting is huge. Playing against this level of competition will only make us better. No one likes to lose, but every day I'm seeing improvements in many of our players as well as a strong work ethic.

There's no question we had circled Navy on the schedule. That was the biggest game of the season for us.

I think the navy was trying to get one up on us and trying to get us as wet as possible; we were going straight into the waves. But it's a nice enough day that it's going to dry out.

In looking at Ohio State and Maryland, it was very, very close. Maryland was one of the teams the committee looked at very carefully in terms of consideration for a No. 1 seed. In our final judgment, two of the things that worked against Maryland were the four losses and it did not bring quite the strength of schedule as the other teams.

No one has to have a great percentage. We need to keep focused on defense. We're not going to win with our offense but with defense, rebounding and not turning the ball over.