Defensively, we've been quite good throughout the tournament, but really we've been quite good defensively this whole year.

Defensively, we've got a little more depth, ... We lost quite a few good players Å  but we're deeper this year. We're still pretty young. The guys who are playing got a lot of playing time last year. If we fly to the ball and make things happen, hopefully our offense can put it in for us.

We were 2-8 in the SEC and won six straight. And [we] got to the NCAA Tournament.

It's a good way to start the year. It's never bad to win your first tournament.

I don't know quite as much about Cincinnati as I'd like. I think we know enough to know that defensively, we've got to stop them in transition.

We've been worried about it in every tournament for a few years. What if this is the year?