Seton Hall looked mentally tough. They looked like they knew they were going to win.

We just knew we had to be mentally tough once the ceremonies were over. We had to get down to business, and then it was just another game we had to win.

I think our bracket looks, superficially, to me to be the toughest. That and Oakland look very, very tough. We got a fair but very difficult bracket. What it's got is teams that have been there before. And there's something to being there before.

Facing Syracuse up here is obviously a task. They looked very good against Cincinnati. They wore Cincinnati down.

It's a grind and tough mentally.

I knew that it was inevitable and I know that they'll be very tough competitors. ... I welcome their being involved because I think they'll be good for the sport. I think they'll be great for the fans and the enthusiasm, I think, will sell more tickets to our race tracks.