If you are trailing, you have to be concerned about what the team ahead of you is doing. When you are in front, all you have to do is go out and win.

I was just being aggressive, that's all. I wasn't looking for any particular pitch.

He had a good look when he came off, and I saw Ricky (Davis) was trailing him. I knew he was going to get a good look, and earlier we were doing our shooting games and Rip said, 'I never miss from the corner.' So when he got it down there, I felt pretty good.

Illinois voters know that when trailing campaigns get desperate, they throw mud.

We were trailing by 13 points when our center Brook Crane went down with an elbow injury. We rallied and got to within three points, 26-23, before we were forced to foul and they made their shots.

It doesn't seem to have anything to do with team-building as far as I'm concerned.