Even though they beat us (the Broncos) in the playoffs, I'm behind them. I think that shows you what kind of a sportsman I am.

We needed to take advantage of Southern Illinois' rebounding deficiency in order for us to get a win. That didn't happen.

We let this one get away from us, there is no doubt about that. All we can do at this point is understand that these things will happen with a young team. We need to learn from this loss and move on. There is still plenty of basketball to play.

It's funny because the team's really gotten better, even lately. Players don't see improvement during stretches like this but coaches do and it's there. Even from just six or seven games ago, we've improved in certain areas.

All we do is talk about how our teams did each week.

After the game, I told the kids that nobody feels sorry for themselves and not to hang their head. We just have to respond to this and put the game behind us. We need a victory on Saturday.