We can't afford to give away games by not executing and not knocking down our free throws.

In Jamaica, we played a few games and found out just how serious this game is. There were a lot of Europeans playing down there, and we entered some tournaments, got beat out, and determined that we were going to go back and win the tournament next time.

Hopefully we'll learn from this and get better. You've got to make free throws to close out games and we didn't do that. We make some more free throws and don't turn the ball over, we win the game by a lot more than we did.

I think maybe I would have liked a higher seed. It's difficult, and we let a couple (games) slip away. There are so many arguments, though.

As a coach, you like to get as many games in at this point of the year. We felt like that was something that would set this tournament apart.

There have been only three games all season where we have been at 100 percent. When we get Stephen back, that's 14 1/2 points and about 11 rebounds a game. That's a big difference.