Even though we never came up with one of those big runs. I thought we made enough of those five and six point spurts to keep a decent cushion.

I actually thought he played pretty well for a guy who had one practice under his belt. I think that has to be a boost for our team.

This was a high-scoring meet in relationship to the first seven outings. I thought the judges tonight were very in tune with college scoring. We let it slip away. Hopefully this season doesn't slip away.

When you look at what we trot out there and you look at our physical stature you'd think, well, I don't know. But we do play awfully well together and we've got some basketball skills; we can pass it, we can shoot it and we try to guard you. When you've won 21 ballgames in January, you've got to be a pretty good team.

This is truly a team. If you looked up 'team' in the dictionary, you'd see a picture of the 2005-06 Pinckneyville Panthers.

I told the kids you will not find a better environment to play in than the one they're going to play in (Friday) night. It will be electric.