This was a good chance to get an early win that'll help us later in the year. It's definitely what we needed to do to prepare us for OSU.

It was a great feeling. It's a good one to remember and would have been a lot worse if we lost. It's a great way to leave.

I had my match then let it go. You get out there and start thinking you are better than what you are. It's a real gut check.

I came out a little nervous, a little tight. Once I got up a few breaks, I just found my rhythm and found my shot.

He is a real solid player; he has a real solid game. He's the strongest guy on the team and he has a lot of room to develop.

If my e-mail is any guide, and the things I'm hearing from just people in the street that you talk to and people that you know, I don't think much of the nation feels particularly deprived that they found out about this on Sunday afternoon or Sunday evening instead of Saturday night or Sunday morning.