Our guys had some lapses, but we held it together, held our poise and that's what you've got to do. We took care of the ball at the end when we spread the floor at the end.

We've been down that much in the past, but not this year. But I told the guys, it's a full game and you have to keep playing defense and stay true to it and the shots will fall.

You tip your hat to them. Sometimes, as a basketball coach, you can get frustrated because it's tough to get them out of that football mode. When you win a championship, you want to enjoy it, put your feet up on the recliner. These guys have to march right back into a long, grueling season. For these kids to do this two years in a row where they don't have any time off from the beginning of football until March, that's impressive.

I wouldn't have changed anything we did. The kids shouldn't hang their heads. Someone had to win and someone had to lose.

I think it's just poise. A lot of senior leadership. We've got a lot of old guys. So I think that factors in whenever you're talking about clutch situations.

She was kind of the glue that held the whole thing together.