I expected a close game and was surprised when we were up by so much. They played some smart basketball and we got a little tense. We haven't been in a close game in quite some time and they hit some nice shots.

We just played basketball. Everybody throws all these funky things at (Prairie). We just played basketball, and I'm very proud of them. We played basketball like a team.

We're not usually a basketball program, we're wrestling. This was the first time we had done anything even near this big in our program. It puts us on the map. We'll try to make some noise in states.

I have been a part of one of the greatest comebacks in college basketball history when we beat Duke two years ago. This tops that.

If they were basketball players, Lamont would be Michael Jordan and Anthony would be Dominique Wilkins. Both of them are all-stars. Lamont is a superior boxer and Anthony is the better fighter, but they both have the best of both worlds.

He's very analytical, very logical, ... He's also very big and athletic. He's an avid basketball player.