We started out the regular season with a win against them. I'd like to begin the region tournament with a win against them too.

It feels good to win the conference regular-season title, and to head into the tournament with an unbeaten record would be nice, too. But it won't really mean anything when we get to state. We'll have to start over from scratch, then.

I know we didn't win the regular season, but I don't know how finishing second was all that great when you have to get the winner of South Florida-Notre Dame in the first round. I'm saying to myself, the four teams with a bye, this is what we get for a great season. I'm not sure that's ever been the case. They've come into this league and dramatically altered the landscape. They certainly have benefited and we have benefited from it also.

All the regular season does is get you to the playoffs. And now you see what you've really got.

It makes the region tournament kind of (unimportant).

It's a big game. It's the last regular-season game and I think everybody realizes what happens if you win and what happens if you lose.