I can never fault my guys because they always play hard. We got down 13 points, but they battled hard and kept coming back.

Obviously we didn't come to play. In the first half we just couldn't get anything going because the guys were a little nervous and we let them get out to that big lead.

You have your expectations and you want to play the same way every game. It's not going to come easily.

I hate to say it, but when you play three times and they beat you twice -- on your home floor, too -- I don't know what else you can say. I hate it for our kids. I know they see them all summer. But you've got to take your hats off to them -- they're good.

We're just trying to play hard with a real enthusiasm for the game.

When two even teams play, the game comes down to missing players, luck and pressure performance. We were fortunate tonight.