Every time we play it's like that. It's always just up and down, guys making shots, guys making plays. It doesn't matter what the records are when these teams play.

I give all of the credit in the world tonight to our kids. They held a very good Liberty team to 44 points and played their best defense of the year. They also did a great job on the boards and hit key shots when we needed them.

We were beaten by a better team. They are a better team than us on Dec. 30, 2005. The good thing is we have 14 games to get where they are. Tonight, we were humbled by a better team.

I ran today in the field for the first time. If I say I am going to play tomorrow after running in the field once in the last three weeks and taking BP twice, that's jumping the gun right there. I don't want to get in a bad situation and [mess] up something else.

We just didn't play well. Every time we hit a ball it seemed like it went right at someone.

I feel like I keep reading a new book, but the ending is the same every time. We play great in the first period and then at the first sign of adversity, we crumble. Adversity is the true test of character and we haven't shown it.