Many years ago, he wrote a letter to the kids saying he's got everything in the world and asked us to donate to our favorite charity anytime his birthday or Christmas came up.

I was saying that in April, 'Don't lose sight of them,' ... The cars that are in front of us are great cars. For them to stumble, they're not going to do it to many times. If we don't make moves on our merits ... we can't really wait on them to stumble because those are cars that don't stumble,

I give all of the credit in the world tonight to our kids. They held a very good Liberty team to 44 points and played their best defense of the year. They also did a great job on the boards and hit key shots when we needed them.

We'll sweat it out. I don't think any of these kids will give it to us. I know everybody is shooting for us. Stay focused and don't do anything stupid.

The kids and the staff are disappointed. We have to learn what it will take to put us over the top and then make the sacrifice to do whatever it takes to get us there. I think we need to learn how to be tough.

She's a real quiet kid, but she ignites us by getting us going. The rest of the kids, as soon as they see her get on they know, done deal, she's going to score, and who's going to be next? It's that kind of feeling we get when she gets on.