It's amazing just to see how far the basketball team has come and how excited the fans get. It wouldn't be as much fun if everyone wasn't so into it. It doesn't matter if we're in the playoffs or at a regular home game — they're always exciting.

I'm taking a different route. It's actually the first thing I'm going to do that they haven't done. We've pretty much always done the same things.

This is a real bargain for high school basketball fans. They're going to see four very determined teams and, with the rivalries, both should be great games.

Fans in Mackey Arena this year will be treated to some unbelievable basketball, ... We plan on putting our best foot forward night-in and night-out. We want and expect to win, and we know we'll have to be at the top of our game each time we take the court.

They had 4, 400 fans at that game. I expected around a 1, 000 to be there. They were loud and into the game. Everybody was very loyal to the Arkansas program.

I wanted to beat them pretty bad. It was a pretty tense game with all the fans.