Matt is the comedian on the team. He's just a loveable guy. He's easy-going, and you can always talk to him.

You can't give a good team easy runs. You need to make them earn it. My pitcher (Matt Lujan) didn't have his good stuff, and we didn't play good defense.

He was the ultimate team guy. He learned from Kirk and Matt (McCoy) and when it was his turn, he was ready to lead the team and he has good qualities to do it.

I had to put myself to the side and focus on the other guys. It was tough at first, but now that I've accepted that role, I'm playing my best basketball of the season.

We can't have the attitude that we've done a lot at 17-6. We haven't done anything if we don't get better as a team.

That's probably No. 1 because of the position we were in.