I wouldn't have changed anything we did. The kids shouldn't hang their heads. Someone had to win and someone had to lose.

Our guys had some lapses, but we held it together, held our poise and that's what you've got to do. We took care of the ball at the end when we spread the floor at the end.

We've been down that much in the past, but not this year. But I told the guys, it's a full game and you have to keep playing defense and stay true to it and the shots will fall.

You tip your hat to them. Sometimes, as a basketball coach, you can get frustrated because it's tough to get them out of that football mode. When you win a championship, you want to enjoy it, put your feet up on the recliner. These guys have to march right back into a long, grueling season. For these kids to do this two years in a row where they don't have any time off from the beginning of football until March, that's impressive.

We had great kids who improved as season went on. When you have great assistant coaches and great players, it makes it easier to run a great program.

I have a bunch of kids who gave me everything they had this year. And I?m not going to be around them tomorrow. And that?s the sad thing.