There's always pressure. You had Neal Philpot and Andy Majors, both great quarterbacks, great players. But you always have to step up and fill the shoes. It's a tough challenge comparing to those guys.

He's been a great leader. Competing with him has made us younger guys work even harder to catch up with him.

I'm just trying to let myself be shown in practice and doing whatever I can to make an influence on the coaches.

I believe the way the game played out at Rutgers really stung them like nothing ever did before. I think there was a tremendous amount of soul searching and really trying to come to grips with who we are and what our strengths are and what our faults are and what we need to do.

Obviously, you can?t discount how much (Diana) meant because nobody?s ever meant more to any team than Diana has meant to this group of kids. So if you want to compare them to Diana, they fall short, but so does everybody else.

Renee set the tone in the second half by how aggressive she was, looking to score, looking to make a play every time down the court. When she's aggressive, she's as good as anybody. She's got all the skills, and her best games are on the road. That's a great sign.