I think we're one team that has the interior presence to stay with Oklahoma. I'm not sure if anyone in the Big 12 had the size to compete. But we have to stay out of foul trouble.

We're very grateful to be here, although I wish we had played better. But you have to give Oklahoma a lot of credit. They're well-coached and well-organized. They know how to spread the floor and get the ball where it needs to be.

USC and Oklahoma are ranked in the top two because they have not taken essentially one-third of the season off, as Auburn has, ... The Tigers have played I-AA Citadel, Louisiana-Monroe, Kentucky and Mississippi State. Between them, Oklahoma and USC have played only three teams as bad as these.

You've got to give Iowa a lot of credit, being down and not quitting. I knew they wouldn't quit.

We're not invincible, no team is invincible, ... And we have to make sure that we don't ever think we are because that would be our downfall.

I think it's just another one of those hockey things. I'm not sure anybody can find out why it happens. It just sort of grows on its own.