Most of the teams that have won here have played No. 18 very, very well.

No disrespect of anybody we've played, but the teams we've played are in rebuilding mode,

There's lots of teams around the country Texas has never played, ... They just never played. There's no real reason to it.

It's no bigger than Saturday's game (a win at Tulsa) was. But these are two teams who have played well and who have got a chance to keep themselves one game out of first place. But whether we are playing UAB or East Carolina, it is a big game.

The opportunity to lock up that No. 1 seed is coveted by so many teams in the conference. For us to do that this year under some of the circumstances and some of the obstacles we've dealt with is pretty amazing stuff.

It sure adds a lot of drama. No lead is safe. It takes a lot of courage to play those last three golf holes.